MP police rescue Delhi woman abducted to carry out stings on politicians

Police in MP’s Shahdol rescued a 27-year-old woman who was allegedly abducted from Delhi to work as a honey trap and carry out sting operations on politicians by taking their obscene videos and blackmailing them.

Updated on: Aug 10, 2018, 06:30:05 IST

Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By Shruti Tomar

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Shahdol police on Wednesday rescued a 27-year-old woman who was allegedly abducted from Delhi to work as a honey trap and carry out sting operations on politicians by taking their obscene videos and blackmailing them, authorities said.

The woman had been told by her abductor that her targets would be those who were likely to get tickets in the upcoming assembly elections in the state, police said.

Amlai inspector Vijay Singh Patle said, “The woman called Dial 100 on Wednesday from a beauty parlour in Shahdol (592 km east of Bhopal) by borrowing a phone from one of the workers there. When police rescued her, she said she was had been abducted by one Prabhakar Dwivedi, a resident of Chechai, Annupur (656 km east of Bhopal), at gun point one-and-a-half month ago.”

“Dwivedi had kept her in Chechai under close watch but she managed to go to a beauty parlour on Wednesday and inform police,” said Patle.

Police verified her claim and found that the woman’s abduction report was lodged in Jyotinagar police station, New Delhi, in June, said Patle.

Shahdol superintendent of police Kumar Saurabh said, “The woman alleged that she did not want to do sting operations on politicians, but Dwivedi was not allowing her to go.”

Shahdol and Annupur police are investigating in the matter and trying to nab the accused.

Annupur superintendent of police Tilak Singh said, “Dwivedi has a criminal background. There are two cases of fraud registered against him in Chechai police station. According to our information, his father lost his government job due to him.”

Police have contacted the woman’s parents in Delhi.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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