Blackmailing businessmen with beauties: Police catch 3, hunt for rest
Daijiworld Media Network
Madikeri, Jul 23: A gang of ten persons has been reportedly blackmailing and extorting money from businessmen in Mangalore, Bangalore and Kerala by using young girls.
The Madikeri police who have been trying to nab the gang, have successfully arrested three and are hunting for the rest of the gang members.
As per a complaint registered by one Anoop at Kadri police station in Mangalore, a girl used to visit his stationery shop, speak in a friendly way with him and got his phone number.Thereafter she developed friendship with Anoop. A few weeks later she invited Anoop to Madikeri. When Anoop reached Madikeri, he was welcomed by a man who escorted him to a guest house on behalf of that girl. In the guest house, even as the girl was talking to Anoop, a gang of three entered the guest house and objected to his presence with the girl. To hide this incident, the three men demanded money from him. He gave away Rs 5,000 and his gold chain worth Rs 50,000.
This is one of the several cases registered in Mangalore, Bangalore and Kerala police station.
The three prime accused are Yaqoob Ali from Madikeri, Rehaman Ali from Uppinangady and Manikanta from Kasargod.
In a similar incident, Mangalore-based businessman Ratan D'Souza was kidnapped from Bangalore with the help of a girl. Bangalore police have identified Yaqoob as the prime suspect in this kidnap case.
Kadri police station has another case against Abdul Rehaman pertaining to blackmail of a Kerala resident in a similar way.
Speaking to daijiworld Madikeri police commissioner Anucheth said that all ten members including two girls will be arrested soon with the help of the three men who have been nabbed.
CCB circle inspector R Satish Kumar, other police officials Mohan, Sukumar, Sitarama, Raja, Yogesh, Niranahana, Theertha Kumar and Rajesh assisted in the operation.