Gurugram, A gang allegedly extorted ₹6.5 crore from a Gurugram businessman in a honey-trap case, stated police.
The businessman had befriended a Meghalaya girl via Fb, who posed as an air hostess.
Following the grievance of the businessman, an FIR was registered at Sector 53 police station, the police stated.
In line with the sufferer’s grievance, in 2020, the businessman grew to become mates with the lady via Fb. They began speaking and he shared his WhatsApp quantity and began sending her images and requested for images from her too.
The businessman additional acknowledged that the lady, alongside together with her mom, allegedly started participating in sexually express chats with him. She additionally allegedly despatched him some semi-nude images. In 2021, she started sending him screenshots of their chats. Later, the businessman blocked her quantity.
“She then despatched me an edited photograph from one other quantity and blackmailed me, demanding cash. I then transferred the cash on Might 2 in 2021 to her brother’s checking account, which she had offered me. On August 14, 2021, she referred to as me and stated that her father was the SDM in Shillong and he or she would inform him the entire story. After which the alleged SDM assured me that he would quickly return the cash.
“Quickly after, the alleged SDM additionally demanded cash within the identify of a pilot course. After some days, after I requested for cash, she made me discuss to her mom, who launched herself as a lawyer in a Meghalaya courtroom. In December 2022, Kim made a brand new story that her SDM father had died and emotionally took ₹32.38 lakh to open a liquor store,” the businessman stated in his grievance.
Later, the accused claimed she was marrying a police officer deployed within the safety group of the Meghalaya deputy chief minister. They promised to return all their cash after her marriage by promoting property price ₹100 crore in Goa, he added.
“At some point, Kim informed me she was pregnant and her brother wished to vary jobs. She additionally made up a narrative that her mom had most cancers and wanted to journey to Australia for remedy. She wanted cash for her remedy. They pressured me into transferring cash for this as effectively.
“She informed me that she was coming to a Gurugram hospital to ship her child and claimed she had a untimely child and requested for cash for her and her child’s remedy. After I refused to present the cash, the accused contacted my son and spouse and despatched them objectionable images,” he added in his grievance.
Based mostly on the grievance, the police have registered a case and began an investigation, a senior police officer stated.
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