A woman has been arrested for allegedly extorting money from a Human Resource manager of a Pune-based company by threatening to file a false rape case against him.

As per a report in The Indian Express, the Crime Branch of the Pune police arrested the woman in extortion case on Saturday.

As per police, the woman asked the HR professional to pay her Rs 7 lakh, failing which she would register a false rape case against him. The woman had already taken Rs 45,000 as the first instalment, the report said.

The matter, however, came to light after the HR professional didn't pay Rs 6.5 lakh as demanded by the accused.

In a statement issued on Saturday, police said the anti-extortion cell received a complaint that a woman was contacting HR professionals of different companies, developed friendly relations with them and later demanded money along with her accomplice when she met them by threatening to register rape cases against them, the report said.

The police then laid a trap to nab the woman. The team led by Inspector Rajendra Mohile and Sub-Inspector Nileshkumar Mahadik arrested the accused on Saturday.

A case has been registered and the accused has been booked for extortion. The court has remanded her in custody till January 29 for investigation.

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