The Noida Police arrested five people including two women for allegedly honey-trapping a news anchor and extorting Rs 25,000 from him.
They were also threatening to upload online a few of his objectionable pictures.
According to the news anchor, he had met one of the women during a photography event at a mall six months ago and exchanged contact details.
They were arrested from Som Bazar Sadarpur by the personnel of Noida Sector 39 police station.
Aazad Singh Tomar, the SHO of Sector 39 police station, said the accused had initially demanded Rs 2 lakh from the anchor and beat him up when he pleaded inability to pay so much.
जनता के लोगों को हनीट्रैप में फंसाकर उनसे रंगदारी मांगने वाले गैंग के 02 महिला सहित कुल 05 वांछित अभियुक्त गिरफ्तार, कब्जे से 08 मोबाइल, 01 घड़ी, 01पर्स, 04 ATM कार्ड, 01 ड्राइविंग लाइसेंस, 25 हजार रुपए व 01 होंडा सिटी कार बरामद:- थाना सेक्टर-39 नोएडा ।@Uppolice @CP_Noida pic.twitter.com/0pQ628lQXi
— POLICE COMMISSIONERATE GAUTAM BUDDH NAGAR (@noidapolice) June 5, 2021
The anchor jumped out of a moving car to escape. “When the news anchor started vomiting, they took him to Vinayak Hospital. They were driving back when the man jumped off the vehicle on Dadri road,” the officer said. While Kuldeep works as a manager at a spa in Sector 18, Sonty is a gym trainer and Lucky sells clothes on the streets. The women are believed to have worked at the spa where Kuldeep worked.
जनता के लोगों को हनीट्रैप में फंसाकर उनसे रंगदारी मांगने वाले गैंग के 02 महिला सहित कुल 05 वांछित अभियुक्त गिरफ्तार, कब्जे से 08 मोबाइल, 01 घड़ी, 01पर्स, 04 ATM कार्ड, 25 हजार रुपए व 01 होंडा सिटी कार बरामद:- थाना सेक्टर-39 नोएडा।@ADCPNoida द्वारा दी गई बाइट।@Uppolice pic.twitter.com/d6a2JoOXEx
— POLICE COMMISSIONERATE GAUTAM BUDDH NAGAR (@noidapolice) June 5, 2021
The five have been booked under sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 342 (wrongful confinement), 386 (extortion by putting a person in fear of death or grievous hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC.
