Woman arrested from Gurugram for extorting money from lawyer

A 40-year-old woman was today arrested from Gurugram in Haryana by the city police for allegedly extorting money from a lawyer.

The accused, Anita Chaudhary (40), had got in touch with Sandeep Gupta, a lawyer from Kota, through a social networking website, the police said.

Gupta, in his complaint to the police, stated that the accused had expressed interest in investing in immovable assets.

Last week, she came to Jaipur and stayed overnight at a hotel with him, the complainant added.

The next morning, the accused, allegedly posing as a Crime Branch officer, demanded Rs 5.5 lakh from Gupta.

She got Gupta to sign a stamp paper to pay Rs 5 lakh to her and to deposit Rs 10,000 in her account through internet banking, said Brijbhushan Agarwal, SHO, Adarsh Nagar.

"Acting on the information, we arrested the accused from Gurugram and secured her police remand from the court. A case has been registered and she is being interrogated regarding her past involvement in similar cases," he added.

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