Woman held for extortion

A woman law graduate who extorted money from a private employee was arrested by the Abids police on Friday. The police said that the woman had lodged 23 false complaints against different persons with ill intent and the matter came to light after one of the victims attempted suicide.

The complainant, Syed Abdul Raheem, attempted to commit suicide in October near St. Joseph’s Church, by consuming some pills. He was taken to Osmania General Hospital and the Abids police were alerted immediately.

In his statement, he spoke about the extortion bid by Shadan Sultana Nizami, 27, a law graduate from Amberpet. Shadan

Sultana and Raheem got friendly in 2015. She tried to extort `3 lakh from him by threatening to file false cases against him and his family if he didn’t pay up.

Abids inspector, K. Ravi Kumar, said she also lodged 23 other complaints against different persons for harassing and misbehaving with her. These were found to be false. Recently, she started harassing Raheem to give her `5 lakh. This worried him enough for him to attempt to take his own life.

In some of the complaints she has given false details about her identity. In another case she made Raheem a witness. Further investigation showed that she is involved in four cases, in Malkapet, Uppal, Chilkalguda and Amberpet, said the inspector.