Kasargod: A hotelier in the city filed a police complaint against a few people alleging that they have been blackmailing and trying to extort money from him, from the past few days.
Based on the complaint the Kumble police have booked a case against five persons including a woman. Four of them have been already arrested.
The arrested have been identified as Abdul Irshad (35) from Kallangai, P K Kunhikoya (50) from Povval Kota House, Moidin Kunhi (32) from Arikkady, and Tahira (28) from Povval. It is learnt that the fifth accused has not been arrested yet. However the police said that he is from Uppala Kaikamba and they are in search of him.
The complainant is Mohammed (50), a resident of Arikkady. He runs a hotel in Mumbai.
According to him, the accused knew that the relationship between him and his wife had grown sour over time. Thus they introduced a girl to Mohammed, and lured him with the offer of convincing her to marry him.
However, they recorded telephonic conversations between Mohammed and the lady clandestinely over a period, and began blackmailing him on the pretext of making the contents of these conversations public.
Mohammed said he was constantly blackmailed, and pressurized to part with money. The complainant puts the total amount he was made to cough up over a period of time, at Rs 2,85,000.
The police have registered a case.
