Manglauru, Mar 23: Police have arrested six including six women on charge of running a honey-trap racket that recently extracted a huge amount of money from a man by blackmailing him with his nude photos with women.
The arrested have been identified as Ravi Gowda (42) from Mudigere taluk, Prithesh (36), a resident of Mission Compound, Jail Road in Mangaluru, Ramesh (35) from Padil Kodakkal in Mangaluru, and the three women, who lured the man.
The arrests were carried out by the Crime Branch of the Manglauru City Police after the victim lodged a complaint. Among the arrested Ravi Gowda was involved in robbery and theft cases registered at Kavoor police station in the past. The criminal history of others is being probed.
City Police Commissioner T R Suresh told media persons that the accused lured the victim by offering him a body massage at a rented house at Maryhill in Mangaluru and then robbed him.
The victim stated in his complaint that he was invited into a rented house in Maryhill under the pretext of offering a massage. On reaching the house, three youth barged into the house and forcefully removed his clothes. Later, they took his photographs and videographed him with the women there.
They threatened that if he failed to cough up 3 lakh, the photos and video would be posted on social media including WhatsApp, Facebook and You Tube. The victim paid Rs 3 lakh to the gang.
After arresting the accused, the police seized Rs 1.50 lakh and mobile phones from their procession.
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