Recently, the Agra police arrested three lawyers and a woman who were allegedly involved in extorting money by lodging a fake rape case against a man. They allegedly lodged a fake rape case against a man and extorted ₹5 lakh from him.
The superintendent of police Vikas Kumar said that a complaint was lodged on June 24 at Hari Parvat police station by a woman, posing as a rape victim, against the accused Rahul Kumar. The woman alleged that she was raped by Rahul at a hotel, where she had been called on the pretext of a birthday party.
The woman said that she was given an intoxicant. Rahul then clicked her obscene photos and made videos with her. Later, Rahul and his family members also threatened her.
“On the complaint of the woman, a case was registered at Hari Parvat police station under section 376/504/506/328 against accused Rahul and his family members. Arvind Singh, in charge of the police station, led the investigation in the case, stated SP (city) Vikas Kumar. SP added, “Sub-Inspector Neelam from the same police station was also part of the investigative team and gathered evidence which proved that it was a fake rape case.”
Lawyers from both sides (victim and accused) were found involved in extorting money from the accused Rahul,” stated Vikas Kumar.
“On the basis of these facts, a new case was registered at Hari Parvat police station on Tuesday against the woman, who had made the fake rape complaint, and three lawyers identified as Jitendra Rajput, Nishant Kumar and Shekhar Pratap Singh. Name of two other lawyers, including a woman lawyer, has also surfaced as co-accused and search was on to arrest them,” the SP stated.
The woman and her lawyer has been arrested but Rahul’s lawyer is yet to be arrested. He was identified as Avnindra Vaishya.
The woman complainant and three lawyers were arrested along with cash of ₹3.75 lakh, and a case was registered under section 388/384/420/182/195 for filing false case and extortion by Rahul,” stated SP City Agra.
Inspector and in charge of Hari Parvat police station Arvind Kumar informed that the four accused, including the woman and her three lawyers, were presented in court on Wednesday and were sent to jail.
