Police in Hafizabad have busted two gangs, who had hired women to trap men by promising them friendship and later extorting money from them by levelling false allegations of rape against them, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.

Police said they had recovered a car, two Toyota Hiace as well as millions of rupees in cash from them.

According to Mehwish, one of the suspects, a couple is also among the gang members, who had blackmailed a 70-year-old man and extorted millions of rupees from him. “And that they did not stop there as they kept blackmailing him even after receiving huge sums of money. So much so that the old man attempted suicide, and when this came to the notice of his son, he complained to the district police officer (DPO), Hafizabad following which the police swung into action.

The affected people praised the DPO, Hafizabad for ordering a crackdown on the blackmailers and also presented a bouquet to him as a token of appreciation.

Reporter Mian Mazhar