The crime branch has arrested a compounder and her boyfriend, who installed a spy camera in a female doctor’s clinic in Dharavi and captured some intimate pictures and videos of her and her boyfriend.
The arrested duo used the images to blackmail the doctor, demand Rs 5 lakh as hush money.
The crime branch unit 5, led by inspector Ghanshyam Nair, on Saturday arrested the compounder, Tahera Khan, and her boyfriend, Shamsher Choudhary, and handed over them to Dharavi police for further action. Cops seized the spy camera, memory card and mobile phone used in the extortion.
The accused compounder downloaded the intimate videos of the doctor and her boyfriend and showed it to Shamsher, who then started calling and texting the doctor on WhatsApp, demanding Rs5 lakh.The accused told the complainant that if she didn’t pay the money, they would sent the videos to her relatives. The doctor then approached the Sahu Nagar police, who laid a trap for the accused couple at Bandra.
After studying the Call Detail Records (CDR), police arrested Shamsher and Tahera. The accused admitted to have made extortion demands.
They were booked under the IPC sections for extortion, blackmailing and criminal intimidation, along with charges under the Information Technology Act.
Surjitt Sahani
