Woman accused of blackmailing MP sent to five days PC

A woman, who had allegedly honey- trapped and blackmailed a BJP MP, was today sent to five-day police custody by a special court here.
Special Judge Hemani Malhotra allowed the police's plea that the accused was required for custodial interrogation, to recover evidences and for arresting of her associates.
Public prosecutor Atul Shrivastava had sought five-day police custody claiming that the probe agency was tracing the bank accounts of the woman, who was arrested from her home in Ghaziabad today.
He said her custody was also needed for the recovery of the CCTV footage from her house and find out about other incriminating evidence.

The counsel told the court that Rs seven crore had been demanded by the woman from the politician to settle the rape case filed by her against him.
The accused, however, opposed the police plea, saying she was the victim in this matter and was being framed by the police which was working under political pressure.

The entire prosecution story has been cooked up, she claimed.
K C Patel, the MP from Valsad in Gujarat, had filed a police complaint last week claiming he had been drugged by the woman who had taken obscene videos and photographs of him.
The woman had earlier approached a city court claiming that the police had not acted on her rape complaint against the lawmaker, following which an action taken report (ATR) was sought.

An FIR has been filed against the woman for extortion and other offences.