Balodabazar Honey Trap Case: Prateek Chauhan. The Balodabazar honeytrap case of Chhattisgarh has shocked everyone in the entire state. Till now, people of the state had seen such cases only in films and in media headlines. But many accused including Raveena Tandon have been arrested in this case. Now the name of a journalist has also come to light in this case.
Before you know the name of the journalist, you should know what role the journalist played in this case. According to police sources, this gang used to extort money from the people whom the girls used to trap in their web of beauty and then if more money was demanded and the matter was not settled, then the journalist used to enter in and they used to come to collect the money. People who know about this case tell that this whole matter has come to light after a dispute between two journalists regarding the extortion money.
The name of the journalist who has been made an accused by the police is Ashish Shukla and he runs a web portal in Baloda Bazar itself.
Girls used to post hot photos on Facebook
According to sources, the accused in this case used to share hot photos on their social media accounts to trap people in their beauty. However, after the truth was revealed, the accounts of most of the accused have been locked. However, the photos posted on the social media account of one of the accused, Durga Tandon, were revealed.
How did this Balodabazar Honey Trap gang work, what was the work of the accused!
Mastermind Shirish Pandey and Pushpamala Fekar used to target the wealthy people of the city. Shirish was a leader. He used to mingle with big people. It is said that he had targeted many of his acquaintances. Further blackmailing and extortion was carried out on their instructions.
Monty alias Pratyush Maraiya and Durga Tandon used to arrange food and lodging for the girls coming from outside. They played an important role in introducing the girl to the customer in the city and also taking her to the police station to file a false report. Overall, they used to work as mediators.
Hirakali is still absconding. It is alleged that she used to arrange girls from different places for the racket. There are also allegations of doing all the necessary calculations to trap the target point.
Mahan Mishra is a lawyer by profession. He was the first to be arrested in the case. He was responsible for handling and distributing the money collected by showing off his influence.
Ashish Shukla, a writer of the web portal, used to extort money from people by threatening them with defamation. He had demanded Rs 1.25 lakh from the applicant. The applicant had given him Rs 75,000 at his shop.
Recently, City Kotwali’s constable Anjor Manjhi was arrested. In most of the cases, if people were not blackmailed, then the girls were sent to the police station in a planned manner. Here Anjor used to force people to compromise by exchanging money by threatening them with FIR. Sources say that some other policemen are also involved in this racket. After this action, there is a discussion in the city that action can be taken against other policemen involved in this soon.