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Indian man travels to North Carolina from Mumbai to find 17-year-old girl who blocked him on social media, Uber driver alerts cops

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Prit Pankaj Jain, 31, traveled from Mumbai, India, to North Carolina after being blocked by a 17-year-old girl he had been grooming online for two years. He was arrested on September 24 when an Uber driver alerted police about suspicious behavior. Charges include four counts of first-degree exploitation of a minor, four counts of third-degree exploitation of a minor, and one count of sexual extortion. Police found that Jain recorded videos of the girl engaging in sexual activity and threatened to release explicit material after she ended their relationship.
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A 31-year-old Indian man named Prit Pankaj Jain traveled from Mumbai, India to North Carolina after being blocked by a 17-year-old girl he had been chatting with online for two years. The girl broke up with him when she discovered his age, and he threatened to release explicit material they had exchanged. An Uber driver alerted the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office in North Carolina about suspicious behavior on September 24 after dropping off Jain in the Meadowlands community. Authorities charged Jain with four counts of first-degree exploitation of a minor and other related offenses for allegedly grooming the victim online and recording her engaging in sexual activities.

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An Indian man was arrested and charged with several sex crimes in Davidson County, North Carolina after it was found that he traveled from India to North Carolina to meet a girl with whom he claimed to be in a long-term online relationship.
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🔮 After the girl broke up with him, he threatened that he would release all explicit material they had exchanged.
2026-10-01 · Times of India
Indian man travels to North Carolina from Mumbai to find 17-year-old girl who blocked him on social media, Uber driver alerts cops · assertive framing

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An Indian man was arrested and charged with several sex crimes in Davidson County, North Carolina after it was found that he traveled from India to North Carolina to meet a girl with whom he claimed to be in a long-term online relationship. asserted
he → arrest → relationship
The girl was found to be 17 years old. asserted
girl → find → ?
31-year-old Prit Pankaj Jain was speaking to the girl, hiding his age and presenting himself as a much younger person. asserted
Jain → speak → person
According to the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office, they were called to the Meadowlands community on September 24 by an Uber driver, who had concerns about a passenger he had just dropped off in the area. uncertain
he → accord → area
Two weeks before Jain's arrival in North Carolina, the girl broke up with him and blocked him after she learned his real age. asserted
she → break → age
They had been chatting on all social media platforms for two years and Jain knew the girl's address. asserted
Jain → chat → address
After the girl broke up with him, he threatened that he would release all explicit material they had exchanged. asserted
they → break → material
The sheriff’s office says that Jain groomed the victim online. asserted
Jain → say → victim
The warrants state that he had recorded videos of the victim engaging in sexual activity. asserted
victim → state → activity
He was charged with four counts of first-degree exploitation of a minor, four counts of third-degree exploitation of a minor and one count of sexual extortion and given no bond. asserted
He → charge → bond
When the police reached the spot and made contact with Jain, he told them that he wanted to leave gifts for his girlfriend. asserted
he → reach → girlfriend
Deputies then discovered that the girlfriend he was referring to was a juvenile. asserted
he → discover → ?
"Investigators determined that Jain subsequently traveled from his home in Mumbai, India, to the United States in an attempt to re-establish contact with the female juvenile," the sheriff's office said. asserted
office → determine → juvenile
The investigators believed that Jain was also aware of a secondary address for other family members. asserted
Jain → believe → members
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