Ggm molestation: Victim’s father held for extorting money to ‘withdraw case’

GURUGRAM: Six people, including the father of a class 6 student, were arrested on Saturday evening for allegedly extorting ₹17.5 lakh to withdraw a complaint of molestation against a 58-year-old headmaster in Manesar. The father had accused him of molesting his daughter for the last 15 to 20 days, following which headmaster was arrested on Friday.

According to the police, they received a complaint from the headmaster’s family that a few men had approached them demanding ₹20 lakh to withdraw the complaint.

Rajesh Kumar, deputy commissioner of police (crime) said the family immediately informed the police after which a trap was laid and they were called at a local politician’s office. “The father of the victim, along with five people, reached the spot and accepted ₹17.5 lakh. The police team raided and caught them red-handed. We seized the money from their possession,” Kumar said.

The complainant had allegedly demanded ₹20 lakh, but eventually settled on ₹17.5 lakh to withdraw the complaint, police said.

An FIR under sections 384(extortion), 120-B (punishment for criminal conspiracy) and 34(common Intention) of the IPC was registered against the six people at Pataudi police station on Saturday. The accused will be produced before the magistrate on Monday, police said.

On Friday, the headmaster was booked under Section 10 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act at the women police station in Manesar.