NOIDA: Four have been arrested in Noida for allegedly filming an intimate scene between couples at OYO rooms installing hidden cameras.
ADCP (Central) Saad Miya Khan said that the police have arrested four people, identified as Abdul Wahab of Khoda, Vishnu Singh (Garhi Chaukhandi), Pankaj Kumar (Noida) and Anurag Kumar, resident of Vijay Nagar in Ghaziabad.
A probe into the case led police to the two accused – Abdul and Vishnu. Interrogation of the two previously detained led to the arrest of Pankaj and Anurag. Accused Pankaj used to supply SIM cards to people involved in illegal businesses while accused Anurag used to run an unauthorized call center.
The group would blackmail the couples threatening them to upload the videos on social media platforms and extort money, the police said. Abdul and Vishnu contacted Pankaj and his accomplice Saurabh of another gang for getting the extortion money deposited in a bank account. Pankaj took Rs 15,000 from them and gave them a “kit”, which comprises a fake bank account, a sim for extortion, and an ATM.
During the search operation, 11 laptops, 7 CPUs, 21 mobiles, 22 ATM cards of different banks, one PAN card, one Aadhar card, 14 fake I Pharma, and a huge amount of fake documents, I card, SIM card were recovered from their possession. One of his companions is still absconding,” the police official said.
OYO is yet to respond to the incident, the police officers mentioned.