Bangalore:
The Bangalore police have arrested a gang of six, who targeted youth using a honey trap, only to blackmail them later.
The accused have been identified as Radha Krishna Shenoy (30), M Rashid (28), Manikanta (29), Manoj (34), Rohith (24) and Sathish (31). Nine other members of the gang are yet to be traced. Police have seized three cars from the gang that were used for ferrying their eventual victims.
The gang members would target youth from rich families, and collect their telephone numbers. Later, a girl, another gang member, would call the target, and befriend them.
After a few meetings, the girl would invite the victim to a flat at the BIAL road and signal her accomplices. Within minutes, a group of men claiming to be cops and reporters would barge in, and force the couple to strip. They would then proceed to make a video of them in the nude.
The gang would then blackmail the victim by threatening to leak the videos and pictures to the media, and demand money.
After being blackmailed for months, a youth finally approached the police.
"After the gang was arrested, three more cases have come to light. Investigations are on," said an investigator.
The police have arrested a 26-year-old woman who would rob people by drugging them with cream biscuits mixed with a sleeping drug.
The accused Bindu, would get in contact with realtors on the pretext of seeking a house for rent. Later, she would call them to a certain place and claiming that it that was her child's birthday, would feed them the drugged biscuits.
The victims would fall unconscious soon, and the woman would flee with their valuables. The police have recovered gold rings worth Rs 50,000 from her possession. Police suspect that her husband was also involved, and are investigating.