Kolkata, Jan 23: A couple was arrested from a hotel in Kolkata on Saturday for allegedly being involved in raping a woman in Mumbai and squeezing over Rs one crore through blackmailing her, police said.
According to a senior officer, on a complaint by the woman in Maharashtra, a joint team of police personnel from the two cities raided the hotel in the New Market area of the eastern metropolis and apprehended the couple.
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“The couple fled Mumbai after the woman complained with Nagpara Police Station in Maharashtra, alleging that the man raped her while his wife videographer it. The incident first happened in 2015 and since then, they threatened her to leak the video,” he explained.
She also accused the couple of blackmailing her and squeezing Rs one crore, the officer said.
The man and his wife will be taken to Mumbai on transit remand, he added.
