GG News Bureau
Noida, 10th Jan. The Noida police apprehended five individuals, including two women and a minor girl, on Tuesday for their involvement in honey-trapping men and extorting money from them, according to officials.
The alleged mastermind, 38-year-old Kavita Chaudhary, is accused of devising a plan that involved her minor daughter, niece, and other girls to befriend unsuspecting men through online contact, said Additional DCP (Central Noida) Hridesh Katheria.
“Kavita’s daughter and niece, Pooja Chaudhary (20), would initiate contact by leaving messages and missed calls on the mobile numbers of targeted individuals. Once the victims responded, the girls would befriend them and lure them to isolated areas in the city,” Katheria said.
“Upon reaching these locations, Kavita, along with her associates Farooq (27) and Vishnu alias Damru (19), would confront the unsuspecting men, with Farooq posing as a lawyer,” the officer said.
The gang would then accuse the men of rape and extort money from them to “settle” the matter, the officer said.
Kavita’s 17-year-old daughter has been sent to a correction home, Katheria told reporters.
The gang has been operating for the last year and has duped around half a dozen men, according to police.
The racket was busted by the officials of Surajpur police station after being approached by a man, who claimed that the gang extorted Rs 1.47 lakh from him.
According to police, the gang’s illicit activities extended beyond extortion, with victims recounting incidents of assault and criminal intimidation.
They revealed that in 2023 alone, the gang successfully trapped over five people, extracting approximately Rs 10 lakh from them.
The four accused were produced before a magistrate on Tuesday and sent to judicial custody, police said.
