Meerut (UP), A man has been arrested for allegedly raping a woman and her mother and making a video of it. Police gave this information on Wednesday.

According to the police, the accused Salim, who lived in the same area as the victims, had befriended the woman a year ago.

Salim allegedly raped the woman and filmed her, which he used to extort money from her. He threatened her that he would share the video on the internet, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rohit Singh Sajwan.

A few days ago, Salim called the woman's mother to a hotel on the pretext of deleting the said video. However, when she reached there, he raped her and made a video of the act, the SSP said.

SSP said that on Tuesday the woman and her mother approached the police and told them that Salim was demanding money in exchange for the video.

He said that based on her complaint, an FIR was registered under section 376 (rape) of the Indian Penal Code and Salim was arrested.

Salim had confessed to the crime. He said further investigation is underway