To keep a vigil on the cases of blackmailing and honeytraping, the Rohtak police have decided to identify women who lodge false complaints of rape and sexual exploitation and later extort money from the accused for withdrawing the complaint.

“After identifying such complainants, we will maintain their database so that they are not able to lodge false complaints at any police station in the district,” said Susheela Devi, Deputy Superintenden of Police (Crime against Women) at Rohtak.

The step has been taken in view of the rise in the number of false rape cases lodged by women with the intention to blackmail the accused later. In one instance, the police arrested a woman and her foster father on Tuesday evening for blackmailing a man whom they had accused of rape.

A police team nabbed the duo red-handed allegedly while accepting a payment of Rs 7.5 lakh in the name of settlement in the case.

In another case, a woman artiste had also lodged a complaint against a Bhiwani man, accusing him of raping her.

Upon investigation, it was revealed that the woman was married, but her husband went missing. Following that, she married another man. After some time, she lodged a case of rape and dowry harassment against him.

After that, she came in contact with a Fazilka man, against whom she lodged rape complaint at a Delhi police station. When the police investigators got to know about the woman’s track record, they dropped the case.