In a case- the likes of which are seldom reported- the police in lalkuan have taken legal action against a woman who had allegedly blackmailed a youth by making a compromising video and was using it to purportedly demand Rs 10 lakh from him. According to official sources, the complainant SC Joshi had registered a complaint at lalkuan Kotwali stating that a woman hailing from Bageshwar was blackmailing him and trying to extort Rs 10 lakh after sending compromising videos to him. Taking cognisnace of the complaint, a case under section 384 of IPC and section 66 E of IT Act 2008 has been registered against the woman and her friend Syed Ahmed in the Kotwali police station. Police took the woman in custody and later released her after recording her statement, said the Kotwali police. The police officer said that team has been formed to apprehend the woman’s alleged accomplice Syed Ahmed.
According to the police, after the case was lodged in the Kotwali, the accused woman was taken into custody and questioned by the police. She reportedly stated that she had been in a relationship with the complainant for quite some time. It is stated that the couple also had physical relations but the girl alleged that she was being cheated by the man. While claiming that he too had been harassing her for some time, the accused woman said that purportedly to teach him a lesson she conspired to blackmail him.
Taking the help of her friend Syed Ahmed, a compromising video of the complainant was made. Meanwhile, the police also informed the family members of the accused woman about the case and asked them to come to lalkuan. Till the time of this report being filed, the family members of the accused woman had not reached town.