Manager Ashutosh Sarkar Arrested for Blackmailing Thousands on Purvanchal Expressway

• A manager on the Purvanchal Expressway misused high-resolution CCTV cameras to record private moments of couples.
• The manager, Ashutosh Sarkar, blackmailed couples for money and leaked their videos, leading to his arrest.
• Sarkar extorted 32,000 rupees from a newlywed couple after recording their private moments near the Haliyapur toll plaza.
• He confessed to recording thousands of couples over two and a half years.
• The Purvanchal Expressway has over 350 high-resolution cameras with advanced features like night vision, zoom, and number plate recognition.

Why It Matters: Misuse of expressway cameras for blackmail and privacy invasion exposes surveillance risks.