Man sent to judicial custody for blackmailing

Mohali, August 11Devinder Singh, a resident of Sector 19, Chandigarh, was booked and arrested for clicking objectionable photographs of a Delhi-based woman and blackmailing her. The accused was produced in the court today and sent to judicial custody.
In her complaint to the police, the woman from Hari Nagar, Delhi, stated that the accused had called her to Maan hotel at Sector 51 in Chandigarh. The victim said she was accompanied with her friend to the hotel where the accused told her that he wanted to talk her in private.
She alleged that the accused took her in the room and clicked her objectionable pictures. Later, the accused started blackmailing her and asked for Rs 50,000.
The investigating officer stated that after getting the complaint from the victim, a trap was laid in Phase VII market where the accused was arrested while he had come for collecting money.