Agra Police busts extortion racket, nabs woman and three lawyers
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Agra Police has busted an extortion racket and arrested four people, including a woman and three lawyers.
The Agra Police has busted an illegal extortion racket and arrested four people, including a woman and three lawyers. Police have also recovered Rs 3,75,000 in cash from the possession of the accused.
Talking to India Today, Hariparwat SHO Arvind Kumar said a woman, Anjali, had filed a complaint with the Hariparvat police station on June 24 stating that on April 26, her acquaintance Rahul took her to a hotel, purportedly for his birthday party and raped her after mixing intoxicants in cold drinks.
The woman alleged that Rahul threatened to make her photos and videos go viral. According to Anjali, when she informed Rahul's family members, Rahul's mother, father, maternal uncle, grandfather, and 5-6 unknown people threatened her with dire consequences.
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The SHO said that a case was registered against Rahul, but when the police investigated the case, the incident was found to be made up. On digging deeper, police found that a conspiracy was hatched by Anjali along with some lawyers to implicate Rahul and extort Rs 5 lakh from him.
After receiving a tip-off on Wednesday, three lawyers, Jitendra, Nishant, Shekhar Pratap, and Anjali were arrested from the main branch of the State Bank of India in Agra.
During interrogation, it was found that Rahul's lawyer, Avnish Vaishy, was also involved in this conspiracy and the transaction of the extorted money was done through him.
