When a 60-year-old physician in Dwarka acquired a name in August from a lady, incessantly asking him to come back to her house to assist her ailing mom, he responded instantly. He acquired there and the lady provided him one thing to eat. To his astonishment and mounting panic, she then started to “seduce” him — when “law enforcement officials” burst into the room. Threatening the physician with legal motion, they made him cough up a whopping Rs 9 lakh.
It was later that he realised he had been duped. Or slightly “honey-trapped”. The sufferer then filed a police criticism at Bindapur police station.
Months later, on December 24, three individuals had been arrested for posing as policemen and honey-trapping victims — just like the physician — to extort them by Crime Department sleuths, the Delhi Police stated.
In accordance with police, Neeraj Tyagi (42), Ashish Mathur (31), and Deepak (30), together with two girls, had been working the operation for years. Police stated their modus operandi was normal — the ladies would lure the victims whereas the boys entered simply on the “proper” time, posing as cops, and threatened the victims with arrest except they paid up.
Police stated the primary case by the gang got here to mild in 2019, the place Ashish had hatched a plan to extort a person in Rohini.
“One of many girls requested a person for a elevate close to BSA hospital. The person, who was on a two-wheeler, took her to her house the place she invited him in. She then lured the person into getting bodily together with her… and as quickly as she got here shut, Ashish, alongside together with his two associates, entered the room dressed as policemen. They then requested for Rs 50,000 from the person and threatened him with a legal case if he didn’t comply,” a police officer stated.
Nonetheless, the person solely had Rs 8,000 which he gave to the accused. “The accused dropped him off close to BSA hospital and fled. The sufferer then filed a police criticism at North Rohini police station,” the police officer added.
In 2024, police stated, the physician in Dwarka got here on the gang’s radar. “One of many girls referred to as the physician and informed him that her mom was unwell and that he ought to instantly come to her flat close to Janakpuri Metro station. When he acquired there, she provided the physician some snacks,” stated Further CP (Crime) Sanjay Bhatia.
Going by the playbook, the lady then allegedly seduced the physician. “4 males barged into the room, two in plainclothes and two in uniform. They caught maintain of the physician and threatened him with legal motion for forcing himself on the lady. They then extorted Rs 9 lakh in change for not following up on their risk,” stated Bhatia.
On December 24, the Crime Department (NR-ll) acquired a tip-off in regards to the motion of the three major accused. A workforce, led by Inspector Sandeep Tushir, beneath the supervision of ACP Narender Singh, intercepted a Hyundai i20 automotive close to Budh Vihar nala, with the three males sitting inside.
“On being requested who they had been, the three claimed to be within the Delhi Police. They confirmed their pretend police ID playing cards and a head constable-rank uniform. The playing cards had been discovered suspicious and so they had been requested to come back to the Crime Department workplace,” Bhatia stated.
Fearful of being caught, they tried to flee however had been overpowered and caught, police stated.
In accordance with police, Neeraj, a resident of Tilak Nagar, acquired concerned with the gang in 2015. He met Ashish, from the Karala space, in 2016, and aided him within the 2019 case in Rohini. Deepak aka Sajan, who hails from Karkhoda in Sonipat, was arrested in 2015 in a Rs 65 lakh dacoity case in Ashok Vihar, police stated, and was launched on bail later.
“They had been concerned in 10-12 circumstances of ‘honey-trapping’, however no circumstances had been registered other than the 2 (Rohini and Dwarka). A probe is on,” stated Bhatia.
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