The police on Monday busted a four-member gang comprising two women that was involved in extortion. The complainant had befriended a woman on Whatsapp, which led to the crime.
The woman along with others had succeeded in extorting Rs 5 lakh from the victim, but later he approached police and launched a complaint. The police have succeeded in recovery of Rs 2 lakh only.
The police officials are not willing to divulge the name of the victim saying that he has in writing requested the police not to reveal his name to media.
While talking to media persons here on Monday, Addl SP (Crime) Shailendra Singh Chouhan said that gang members posed as real estate agents and invited the victim over Whatapps for property dealing and when the victim met the women, his obscene photographs were clicked by the women and their associates. later, he was threatened and money was extorted.
The nabbed miscreants were identified as Shailendra Singh Yadav of Bhopal, his cousin Sanju Yadav of Indore, Shailendra’s friend Anamika Dwivedi, Sanju’s wife Simran Yadav alias Nasreen, while the fifth accomplice Zuber Khan, brother of Simran is absconding. Simran owns a spa, Mudra spa in Indore.
Sanju Yadav and Zuber Khan posed as police officials of Nishatpura police while Sanju’s wife Simaran posed as crime branch officials. Only Shailendra Yadav is a resident of Bhopal, while four others are from Indore.
The victim claimed that when he went to the accused woman at a hotel room in Ayodhya Nagar he was offered sedated cold drink and poured some cold drink over victim’s shirt and while he went to clear it in the bathroom two men and one woman entered the room and clicked indecent photographs with the woman.
When he opposed, they introduced themselves as police branch officials and threatened to make the photographs viral. They demanded Rs 5 lakh and took his ATM card of ICICI bank and withdrew Rs 75000 and on next day he handed over Rs 4.25 lakh to Shailendra Singh Yadav but once again the demands were raised, following which hew approached police.
Based on the complaint the accused were nabbed and Rs 2 lakh was recovered from their possession.