A 29-year-old man was threatened and demanded an extortion of `10 lakh by a woman at Gandhi Market under Awadhpuri police station area on Saturday.
According to the police the victim Vipul Tripathi was threatened of life and demanded extortion of ` 10 lakh after he refused to marry the accused Sandhya alias Mansi Shivhare.
Initially the accused woman pressurized the victim for marriage but later when the victim refused to marry her she demanded `10 lakh.
Based on the complaint after the preliminary investigation the police have registered a case under section 389 and 506 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
The victim Vipul Tripathi in his complaint claimed that the he met the accused Mansi at a mobile showroom where he works and later they became friends. During their friendship Vipul had supported the accused by fulfilling her requirements but later she started to pressurize Vipul and when he refused Mansi threatened him of raising false charges of rape against him. Police have claimed that the mobile number of the accused provided by the victim was found switched off after the complaint was lodged. Search for the accused woman has been started.
It is possible that the accused had cheated other youths in the past which would be investigated, said police.