Hisar woman detained for extorting money from former minister’s brother

A Hisar woman was arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from the brother of former Haryana minister and BJP leader Anoop Dhanak by threatening him of being involved in a fake rape case, police officials said on Saturday.

Uklana office officer Gurvinder Singh said a woman, along with her two aides, allegedly tried to extort money from former minister Anoop Dhanak’s brother Satish by threatening him to be implicated in a fake rape case.

“She was arrested when she came to pick us up ₹2.30 lakh from Satish Dhanak. She and her two assistants had been extorting ₹13.50 lakh from the complainant. The woman was demanding ₹9 lakh from the former minister’s brother by threatening him to file a fake rape case against him and his brother Anoop. We have booked the woman and her two aides, who are at large, under Sections 308(2), 308(6), 3(5) of the BNS,” the SHO added.

In his complaint to the police, complainant Satish said he was looking after his brother Anoop’s political work and met a woman from Hisar district two years ago.

“The woman met me in connection with work and later we met several times. After a while she started threatening me to implicate me and my brother in a fake rape case and demanded ₹10 lakhs. On May 14, 2023, my friend Satish gave her ₹6.50 lakhs. She kept blackmailing us, and we gave her ₹3 lakh in the Hisar court on September 21, 2023 and ₹2 lakh by December 2023. The woman and former village sarpanch from Kinala, Madan Lal, demanded ₹25 lakh from us during the Assembly elections when my brother joined in by threatening to highlight this issue during the elections. Now they are demanding again ₹9 lakh,” he added.