Odisha honey trap case: Blackmailer woman arrested, assets over Rs 30 cr seized

Odisha Police has seized assets worth Rs 30 crore from one Archana Nag who was recently arrested for allegedly honey trapping and blackmailing several people including politicians and those from the film industryThe arrests were made earlier in October Nags husband is also allegedly involved in her illegal activities informed the policeAs per reports around 15 girls were involved in the racket which allegedly blackmailed and honeytrapped rich and influential people including politicians with the threat that their intimate pictures would be released to the publicThe investigations also revealed that over 50 persons were targeted by Nags associatesPolice have seized two pen drives allegedly containing the objectionable videos and two mobile phones from the possession of the womanAlso Read Thane Man held for attacking priest at ashramThe accuseds luxury lifestyle also came to the fore during investigations As per reports Archana along with her husband owned a fleet of vehicles four pet dogs and a horse bungalows a farmhouse etcPolice sources said Archana and her husband Jaga Bandhu were in possession of some objectionable video clips of these rich businessmen and political leaders and had been continuing to blackmail them The accused used to target highprofile people like politicians ministers and film producers and extort money from them by levelling allegations against themA case was registered against Archana Nag on October 2 at Khandagiri police station The case 49622 has been registered against her under 387 420 and 506 IT Act Her modus operandi was she first very cunningly developed friendships with the victims She then called them to her house and got intimate with them She then recorded intimate videos through secret cameras and later blackmailed the victims who were from influential backgrounds said Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh in a press statementThe police have also sent a notice to Nags husbandA probe into the whole incident has already begun We have also sent notice to her husband to appear before the police A pen drive laptop and bank passbooks have been seized from her house The police are also looking into her bank details and transactions All necessary details have been sought from the Reserve Bank of India RBI Efforts are also on to identify all the victims who the lady blackmailer blackmailed the DCP addedFurther investigations are underwayThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever