Getting blackmailed by my childhood friend, what should i do?

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May 1, 2026 at 11:33 am

Hi M(19) here, So my childhood friend (sid) of 15 years is blackmailing me for ₹50,000. We went on a trip this January and everyone was short on budget so sid being the richest person in our group covered for us i owed him <₹60k which he said i could pay till april and if i couldn’t then no problem , we all are 18-19 years only so 60k is not a small amount for us he gets fund because he basically steals from his mother( credit card, gold, etc) and i tried my best to pay him off i even sold my gold ring for 41k and also gave him 10k in the start of april and he kept playing with the balance left , he always try to get more out me cause im the most silent in our group and he also thinks im the dumbest too, whenever i try to correct him that this is my total sum he never agrees and then shouts and says very hurtful things he is so full of ego never met someone with that much ego and narcissistic (he insists that he is the hottest person in our whole city) so i stopped trying to clear the balances and just ignoring him til now but sid lost ₹1-1.5 Lakh in sports betting few days back, so now he is saying that he NEEDS my money and my new magical amount is ₹40k again now?! Everyone is so tired of him in our circle even his own parents cause of his habits and personality and btw after i paid him in april he also said that even if i don’t pay him at all now its ok cause im his brother! And now yesterday he messaged me cause im not picking his call from 2 days said:” i need to pay someone and i don’t know how by tomorrow morning i need Atleast 20k or il go to your house in the evening and ask her for the money and tell her everything” . Btw also remember
He threatened me to send him my aadhar card (govt. ID) and took a 20k loan 3days ago and said that he would pay that and i can pay him later. I haven’t seen the msg till now (morning 11:26am). And i don’t know what to do now , there is absolutely no way for me arranging that amount in a day or a month. And also some context on why this situation is even worse is that my mother is a single parent and she has a normal salaried job i also have a younger brother and my mom loves both of us very much, she can’t handle to hear about this and i also can’t even imagine my mother hearing about this i would literally kms rather letting my mom know. Sadly he is the friend which got me and my other friend into drugs and my life is literally being ruined in every aspect , im at my rockbottom right now, anyday soon ill be getting debared from my college, fucking up my relationship of 4years cause of drugs , financially weak ( i use like every loan provider app) and i owe money to some people, my health is also worst rn and more. He knows everything and still he is after me, he keeps telling me to sell my MacBook and other stupid ideas. So in any case my mom cant know the situation she can’t bear it to hear about my doings and drug use etc. what should i do now?

Sorry for so much words i wanted to rant and tell my situation never did this before

And also ask me anything ill tell .

EDIT: he called me and said he’ll “pew-pew” me. details in comment

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