Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jun 13: Although it has been over a month since investigation was taken up relating to fleecing of a senior doctor from a leading hospital in the city through honeytrap by a gang, in which case the gang was able to extract Rs 14 lac from the doctor, some of the accused are still at large. The doctor, as per his complaint, was trapped through a high tech prostitution racket.
Three of the main accused in the case, Narayana Salian from Someshwar, Muhammed Ranji from Ullal and Sadiq, were arrested after the complaint was filed. Rakesh and his two friends, as well as a lady, all of whom connived together to force the doctor to part with money by threatening to post his nude photographs in the company of the lady in social websites, are yet to be arrested.
Muhammed Ranji and the victim doctor of the racket knew each other very well since many years. Ranji was aware that the doctor was rich and he had certain weakness. To swindle money from the doctor, he drew a plan with the involvement of his friend, Sadiq. Ranji lured the doctor by holding the lady as a bite. He brought the lady to Mallikatte on May 2 this year. After the doctor joined them, all of them started moving in a car. Within a short distance, Narayana Salian and others came in another car, intercepted the doctor's car near Bendore, threatened him to get seated in their car, and took the doctor to Someshwar. There, the doctor was denuded. He was threatened with posting his nude photos in social websites. The doctor then agreed to part with Rs 14 lac he had in his account, which he transferred to the account of the accused. After Ranji came up with fresh demand after a few days, the doctor complained to Kadri police. Police personnel had succeeded in arresting three of the accused almost immediately, while four others have so far succeeded in evading arrest.
Kadri police station inspector, Maruthi Naik, who is the investing officer of the case, says that the department has been putting in lot of efforts to trace the absconding accused in the case. He said that the accused persons have been repeatedly changing their place of stay, as they are aware that they cannot secure bail. He said that the police are trying their best to catch hold of the remaining accused.