In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, police have arrested a woman for allegedly trapping a real estate businessman in a honey-trap scheme and demanding ₹20 lakh from him. The woman was reportedly pressuring the businessman to divorce his wife and marry her. Police laid a trap in plain clothes and arrested her from a hotel, where ₹2.50 lakh in cash was allegedly recovered from her bag.
According to police, the arrested woman has been identified as 28-year-old Pooja Raidas, a native of Birisinghpur Pali in Umaria district. She met 34-year-old real estate businessman Sarthak Singh, a resident of Gwarighat, through social media in October 2025 and later met him at a dance programme. The two eventually exchanged phone numbers and began communicating regularly.
According to the businessman, Pooja would ask him for financial assistance citing family difficulties, and he would help her financially.
