Honey-trapped! Big wigs, Bureaucrats fall for womens wilds

NT Correspondent 
Bengaluru, Oct. 14
 
Remember Irene Adler from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'Sherlock Holmes' series, who lured men in high places and carved for herself, a position of power? No different was the modus operandi of this woman who was arrested by Annapurneshwari Nagar police and was allegedly the mastermind of a high-profile honey-trapping racket with IAS, IPS and IFS officers too reportedly falling into her web.

The woman, Vidya, is said to be affiliated with a national political party. Her victims were VIPs and included a civil contractor from Bengaluru, whose police complaint led to her arrest. At the time of the complaint, she had been demanding Rs 1 crore from him, threatening him with photos she had of them together. Unable to bear her threats, the victim filed a complaint.

After her arrest, police learned that she was on a honey trapping spree, targeting bureaucrats and others in high circles.