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Police arrests 3 for blackmailing using honey trap

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 2/27/2021 11:32:07 AM

Mumbai, Feb 26 The Maharashtra Police arrested three persons on charges of blackmailing several residents of Akola district and nearby areas through an alleged honey trap. The gang extorted lakhs of rupees from victims, polices aid. The case came to light when a government employee, who was allegedly targeted by the gang, approached the police and filed a complaint earlier this month. The complainant told police that a woman named Priti Thorat had contacted him over the phone. The woman initially acted as if she had called him by mistake thecomplainant said. After speaking to him on a few occasions, the woman asked himto meet her at a restaurant. On January 21, the woman arrived in a car and the two were having aconversation when three men arrived and pulled out the complainant from thecar. They started assaulting the complainant, alleging that he had misbehaved with their sister. They also threatened to file a police complaint against him and defamehim by telling people at his office.