Honey Trap-Racket Busted in Dergaon, Assam; Four Arrested

GUWAHATI: In a shocking incident, a honey-trap racket has been busted in a small town in Upper Assam.

According to reports, the Dergaon police, on Tuesday busted the honey trapping racket.

The police arrested four members of the racket including two women. The racket, which was active for some time in the township, blackmailed some affluent persons. Sources said that more persons involved with them will be arrested soon.

"Earlier police could not take steps against the racket due to lack of evidence. Now, we have got sufficient evidence that they are involved in criminal activities,'' police sources claimed.

Beware of honey trap! Such gangs target men by roping women to set the trap. At first, women befriend men through Facebook chat from fake accounts. Such women video call men and may even take their clothes off. If a man follows suit, the call is recorded soon to trap him. The gang will then continue to blackmail such trapped men in social media for money and bleed them dry.

(i) Keeping social media accounts locked and not accepting requests from the unknown;

(ii) Not to text or respond to unknown numbers or answer video calls;

(iii) Not to entertain strangers and exchange information with them on social media; and

(iv) Not to follow their instructions.

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