Kodungallur: Two more accused in the bid to fleece an engineer after snaring him in a honey trap have been arrested. They have been identified as Naseema (30) of Vythiri, Meppadi, and her husband Akbar Shah (33) of Blangad, Chavakkad. They were held by the police while trying to escape to Karnataka.
Six persons, including the couple, are now in the police net in connection with the case. Naseema had met Shah while working in Qatar. She had been employed in Bahrain also. Shameena, another accused, and Naseema had also met in Qatar. The Two women had honey trapped a youth, brought him to the flat and blackmailed him. Afterwards, the gang split into two and went to Thrissur and Wayanad to evade arrest.
The incident took place at a flat here last Sunday.
According to the complaint, the youth was lured to a flat where he was thrashed and his photos, along with the women, taken by a few members of the gang after intruding into the property. The gang had demanded Rs 3 lakh from him. The youth went out of the apartment in guise of transferring the money from his account and escaped.
The police team which carried out the arrests comprised Irinjalakuda DySP Famous Thomas, Kodungallur Inspector P C Biju Kumar, SI S Vinod Kumar, squad members senior CPO Muhammed Ashraf, M K Gopi, T K Shibu, E S Jeevan, Kodungallur Additional SI A Mukundan, ASI P J Francis, Senior CPO T M Sanjayan, CPOs P G Gopan, C T Rajan, M V Unnikrishnan and women cops Sheeja and Kavitha.
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