Man-woman duo held on charge of extortion

In what has been dubbed as an incident of honey trap, the Mattancherry police arrested a man and a woman on the charge of assaulting, extorting, and blackmailing the owner of a lodge in Fort Kochi usi

In what has been dubbed as an incident of honey trap, the Mattancherry police arrested a man and a woman on the charge of assaulting, extorting, and blackmailing the owner of a lodge in Fort Kochi using videos capturing him with the woman.

The arrested are Shajahan aka Shaji, 25, an autorickshaw driver from Fort Kochi, and Rinseena, 29, who lives for rent at Mattancherry.

The drama began unfolding with the woman who was staying at the lodge complaining of discomfort on consuming a soft drink and being rushed to hospital. The accused then summoned the victim to a hospital room claiming that she was admitted there. They then locked him up in the room, assaulted him, and snatched his money and identity cards, besides forcibly taking his video with the woman, said V.U. Kuriakose, Deputy Police Commissioner (Law and Order).