6 held for extorting money after filing false rape case
The police caught the accused, including 3 women, redhanded while taking ₹1.40 lakh and a cheque of ₹1,00,000 from the complainant
KARNAL: Six people, including three women, have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from a Karnal resident after filing a false rape case against his son.
The accused have been identified as Rajbala, her niece Ranjita of Kunjpura, Saroj, Anoop Kumar and Rajbir Singh and Ranbir of Karnal.
Karnal civil lines police station house officer (SHO) Mohan Lal said that complainant Khurshid, a resident of Karnal, had alleged that the accused had filed a rape case against son, Rizwan, and were demanding money to withdraw the complaint.
“The complainant said that the accused had already taken ₹50,000 from him and were now demanding ₹2.40 lakh from him,” the cop said. The complainant had also provided video clips of the accused taking money from him.
Based on the complaint, the police formed a team and caught the accused red-handed while taking ₹1.40 lakh and a cheque of ₹1,00,000 from Khurshid in Karan Park.
A case was registered against the accused under Sections 384 (punishment for extortion), 389 (putting person in fear of accusation of offence, in order to commit extortion) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The accused were produced in the court, which sent Rajbala to two-day police remand while the others were sent to the judicial custody.
The investigating officer in the case said that Rizwan had been in a relationship with Rajbala for the past six years but they ended the relationship after Rizwan got married.
“Following this, Rajbala’s niece filed a rape complaint against him. He was arrested and sent to Karnal district jail. After his arrest, Rajbala spoke to Rizwan’s father and demanded money to withdraw the complaint.”
Police records show that the number of false rape cases have been on the rise in the state.