Indian student who posed as teenage schoolboy to trick 70 girls into sending naked photos jailed for 30 years

Bilal Kazi, 27, has been jailed for 30 years after posing online as a teenage schoolboy to groom girls and obtain explicit images. The case highlights how he used threats and social media accounts to exploit young people, some of whom suffered severe distress after images were shared.

Kazi admitted 33 child sex offences involving 19 victims, including blackmail and making indecent images, committed between 2021 and 2025. The victims were aged 10 to 17; investigators found hundreds of category A abuse videos and about 9,000 messages exchanged with one girl in just three weeks. The court heard the actual number of victims may be as high as 180.