Mysuru, Mar 13: A six-member gang, including two women, have been arrested for allegedly blackmailing and honeytrapping a Kerala-based jeweller in Mysuru.
The gang had allegedly demanded Rs 1 crore from T V Nissar, a jeweller from Kannur, and then settled for Rs 25 lakh. He was being blackmailed with a video footage that showed him with a girl in a compromising position at a hotel here.
Police commissioner A S Rao on Saturday told reporters that CCB sleuths, led by ACP C Gopal, have busted the honeytrap racket by arresting four men — three from Kannur and one from Karnataka — and two women from Mysuru and Kodagu.
One of the girls befriended the jeweller by calling him a month ago, and they had been dating ever since. During one such date in Mysuru, the gang clandestinely videographed the couple cozying up in a hotel room. All the six persons, who worked in Bengaluru, teamed up to honeytrap the jeweller. The three accused, who are from Kannur, where the jeweller also worked, knew the latter's weakness for women.
Lathif of Kannur is facing murder charges, while Nushan, who had been booked in a rioting case, is currently out on bail. Rasheed too has a criminal past for his involvement in an extortion racket, while Heena is facing an extortion case in Mysuru. Anitha and Yousuf from Chikkamagaluru are the other two accused.
Investigation is under way to know if the gang is involved in any similar offence.
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