A local BSP functionary and a woman were arrested in Greater Noida on Friday for allegedly trying to “honey-trap” a former Uttar Pradesh Minister in the Mayawati government and malign his image, police said on Friday.
A complaint was lodged on January 26 by BSP leader and former UP Minister Kartar Nagar, alleging that an unknown woman has been insisting on meeting him and threatening to malign his image if he did not meet her, the police said.
“The woman would repeatedly use WhatsApp to call and text him. She wanted to meet him so that she could get their pictures clicked together and extort money from him,” a police official said.
A case was lodged at the Badalpur police station and the phone number was tracked down to Usha (name changed). It emerged that she was working on instructions of Updesh Nagar, a local BSP functionary, the official said.
“Usha and Nagar were arrested on Friday from Badalpur police station limits,” he added.
During interrogation, the woman admitted that she was working on instructions of Nagar, who wanted to settle a score with Kartar Nagar, the official said.