Katni (MP), Dec 20 (PTI) Four teenagers have been booked on the charges of making an MMS of one of their class mates in natural state and blackmailing him, police said today. Following a complaint from parents of the 17-year-old victim, a class XI student, the four students were booked under relevant sections of IPC yesterday, the police said.

The accused identified as Shubham Bagadia, Santram Gupta, Vipul Khandelwal and Mohit Verma called the victim at a place and made an MMS of him after forcibly undressing him on December 12, they said. After this, the accused threatened to make the MMS public and extorted Rs 15,000 in instalments besides a mobile from the boy, police said.

Police have launched a manhunt to arrest the accused and further investigation is on.