Two men and two women were arrested by the Ghaziabad Police for allegedly extorting money from well-off young clients by laying honey trap for them and subsequently blackmailing to implicate them in false rape case.
They trap their clients through phone calls and thereafter extort money once they are in their clutches. Police allegedly arrested them during a routine extensive checking in view of upcoming Independence Day.
The accused were already wanted in a case registered under sections 386 and 506 of IPC in Indirapuram police station on August 3.
During sustained interrogation the accused confessed to their crimes, police said. They have been identified as Harkesh and Nivesh Sirohi , both residents of Bulandshahr along with two women. They all four were produced in the court later.
Harkesh admitted that he was the gang leader.The police recovered a car from their possession. "We have produced them before the court which sent them to judicial custody" said the SHO Indirapuram Sachin Malik.