Sana Khan case: Police say she was used as 'honey-trap' in sextortion ring

Police probing Maharashtras Nagpurbased BJP functionary Sana Khans murder earlier this month in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday said they have found that she was allegedly forced into a sextortion racket run by her husband and others who used her as honeytrap reported the PTIThrough the ring the accused targeted several men in Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh and allegedly earned crores of rupees by blackmailing the victims they said according to the PTISana Khans mother on Sunday lodged a complaint with the Nagpur police alleging that her daughter was forced into joining the sextortion racket by threatening her Based on her complaint a case was registered against Khans husband Amit alias Pappu Sahu 37 and his accomplices police said as per the PTISahu and two others have already been arrested by the police in connection with Khans murder which was executed earlier this month in Jabalpur in neighbouring Madhya PradeshSana Khan 34 was the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP minority cells functionary in Nagpur Khans mother Mehrunisha a resident of Awasthi Nagar here had lodged a missing persons complaint when her daughter went untraceable after leaving for Jabalpur on August 1 to meet SahuSahu was later arrested and told the police that Khan was his wife and he murdered her over monetary and personal issues before dumping her body in a river in Jabalpur police said according to the PTISana Khans mother lodged a complaint alleging that her daughter was forced into joining the sextortion racket operated by Sahu and others After that the Mankapur police registered a case against Sahu and his accomplices from Nagpur Jabalpur and Seoni an official said the news agency reportedIn our preliminary probe we found that Sahu led a gang in which Khan was used as a honeytrap The gang used to target a male victims and send Khan to them Thereafter she used to develop physical relationships with them After that she used to record videos and photographs of the victim in compromising positions and blackmail such persons to extort money he said as per the PTIThis way the members of the racket used to extort lakhs of rupees from each victim spread across Maharashtra Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh through which they earned crores of rupees the official addedSana Khan allegedly became part of the racket in March 2021 which continued till her death he saidThe prime accused Sahu amassed substantial wealth through this sextortion racket the police official told the PTIThe police registered a case against Sahu and others under 384 386 and 389 all pertaining to extortion 354 D stalking 120 B criminal conspiracy and 34 common intention of the Indian Penal Code IPC and the Information Technology Act the police saidAccording to police the relationship between Sahu and Khan had soured after the former grew suspicious about her characterFollowing a heated argument over the issue at Sahus residence in Jabalpur he murdered her they saidApart from Sahu police have arrested Ramesh Singh and Dharmendra Yadav both also from Jabalpur in connection with Khans murder they addedwith PTI inputs