Police arrested three accused involved in sextortion in Srinagar

Police arrested three accused involved in sextortion in Srinagar

More arrests expected:- Police

By Mir Danish/PTK

PRESS TRUST OF KASHMIR SRINAGAR SEP 28:- Srinagar police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested three members of sextortion gang and said more arrests are expected in this regard.

An official said that on 27-09-2022, one Nazir Ahmad Rather son of Late Gh. Nabi Rather resident of Dalwan Chaar-e-Shareef, Budgam lodged a written complaint in Police Station Shergarhi to the effect that some days back, he received a call from one Saba (lady) and insisted him to meet for some work.

Accordingly, he met her near Bakshi Stadium Srinagar and the said lady took him to her room at Reck Chowk Batamaloo and started levelling false allegations against him inside the room, he said.

In the meantime 03 other men (associates of the lady) forcibly entered the room and started making video, he added.

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Then she along with her accomplices started blackmailing him and he fell prey into a well planned conspiracy of sextortion, he added.

In this regard a case FIR No. 76/2022 U/S 34, 384, 120-B, 506 IPC was registered in Police Station Shergarhi and investigation was set into motion, he added further.

Three (03) accused namely Shaista Bashir @ Saba daughter of Bashir Ahmad Dar wife of Aijaz Ahmad Ganaie resident of Galwan pora at present Narkara Budgam, Jahangir Ahmad Dar son of Khazer Muhammad Dar resident of Pethpohru Handwara and Aijaz Ahmad Ganaie son of Ghulam Muhammad resident of Galwan pora Hyderpora at present Narkara Budgam have been arrested in the instant case, he added.

There are some other victims of this gang and more arrests are also expected in the instant case and investigation is going on, he added further.

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