more-inA woman who allegedly honey-trapped and blackmailed a BJP MP was arrested from her home in Ghaziabad on Tuesday. The woman, who had accused the politician of rape, has been sent to five-day police custody by a special court. Based on Mr. Patel’s complaint, the police had registered a case under Section 384 (extortion) of the IPC. Mr. Srivastava said her custody was also needed for the recovery of the CCTV footage from her house. Mr. Srivastava said that in the earlier case, the woman had retracted her statement recorded by a Metropolitan Magistrate and also refused to undergo a medical examination.

Source: The Hindu May 02, 2017 17:15 UTC