HT Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, May 5: Two persons, Dipankar Das (39) and Amardeep Das (38) were arrested by a police team led by Sivasagar DSP Daisy Gogoi, OC Sivasagar PS Jugal Kishore Kalita, and SI Biswajit Duwori from Radhika Nagar, Jaysagar in connection with a honey trapping case on Wednesday. The accused were busy with religious works in a namghar during the time of arrest and were later produced before the Magistrate. Amardeep was sent to jail under IPC 120 (B, 387, 323, 506) while Dipankar was sent to police custody for four days. According to police sources, one Sabina Begum along with Amardeep Das alias Jaydeep, Rubul Ali, and Dipankar Das laid a trap against Roy, a businessman of Doulmukh Chariali of the town. Sabina Begum, the notorious kingpin, developed close relation with the businessman through the mobile phone in December last. On a later date, she invited him to a house in Rudrasagar where Ashique Ali, Sheriful Ali, Amardeep, Rubul Ali, and Dipankar waylaid him. When the victim arrived, the gang beat him up and forced him to undress and the gang took several photographs of him with the woman in objectionable postures. They later demanded Rs 7 lakhs from the businessman and threatened him to release the photos over social media. The businessman paid them Rs 4 lakhs in one installment and when they demanded more, he lodged an FIR in Sivasagar PS (case no 197/2022). The new Sivasagar SP prepared a blueprint and immediately swung into action and arrested the duo. Following their confessions, Sivasagar police sent a team to Dergaon to nab the gang leaders Sabina Begum, her second husband Ashique Ali, mastermind Sheriful, Diganta, and Rubul Ali from their hideout, but the gang had fled before the police team reached their hideout.
