Srinagar, Oct 08: An employee working in the Public Health Engineering department, or the Jal Shakti department, has been arrested in a sextortion case on Saturday, Police said.
“Third accused arrested in Rape, blackmailing and extortion case namely Showkat Ahmad Ragoo S/o Mohd Khalil Ragoo R/o Anantnag. He is an associate of Nadeem Nadu and working in PHE department. Two Self styled Journalists have already been arrested in this case,” Srinagar Police tweeted
According to the complaint, the accused lured the victim through his WhatsApp group made for people seeking help and forced her into a sexual relationship after sedating her fraudulently.
The victim has also alleged that the accused took her objectionable pictures after sedating her and used these to blackmail her into forced sexual intercourse many times.
“The accused also took her gold ornaments in the course of blackmailing her. Pertinent to mention, the lady was a student in an institution in central Kashmir at the time of the occurrence of this crime,” the spokesman added.
The police has registered a case under various sections including 376 IPC (rape) in Women police station Srinagar and have constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the matter.
