YouTuber among 6 arrested for staging fake kidnapping to frame cops | Varanasi News
Varanasi: Six persons, including a woman YouTuber, were arrested in Mirzapur on Sunday for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to implicate some policemen in a false case of kidnapping and extortion.Mirzapur ASP Operations Rajkumar Meena said that after collecting scientific evidence, a joint team from Adlahat police station and the Special Operations Group arrested six people on Sunday. The accused were identified as Sarita Singh Patel, Amardeep, Vijay Kumar Singh, Subhash, Ankita, and Sunita.Sarita, a YouTuber, had created a sensation on May 6 after filing a complaint with Adlahat police, alleging she was kidnapped and dumped by the roadside. She claimed that passersby found her with her hands and legs tied and her clothes doused in petrol. Police registered a kidnapping case and began an investigation based on her complaint.As the investigation progressed and evidence was collected, police found that Sarita and her accomplices had staged the kidnapping. Amardeep told the police that Sarita was upset with the Chunar Police for jailing some accused in a case. He added that she often pressured police to act unlawfully.After failing to get her way, Sarita conspired with the five others to frame policemen in a false kidnapping and extortion case, Amardeep revealed. According to the plan, Amardeep dropped Sarita by motorcycle at the spot in Rajgarh where she was later rescued. He helped tie her hands and feet and sprinkled petrol on her clothes to make the incident look serious. The aim was to register a case against the targeted policemen and get them booked on serious charges, ASP Meena said.The accused have been booked on the charges of kidnapping, attempt to murder, criminal conspiracy, criminal intimidation, harboring offender and extortion.
