Honeytrap case in Kadaba: Team ‘attracts’, attacks, blackmails youth; one held
Kadaba: A youth from Mangaluru is suspected to have been honeytrapped by a team of Kadaba youngsters, after which, a suspect in the case was arrested by the police on Wednesday night.
It is learned that the team had opened a Facebook account in the name of a young lady. After succeeding in attracting the Mangaluru youngster using the fake identity, they called him to Kadaba late Tuesday night. They later took him to Kermayi Koriyar and assaulted him. The team also blackmailed the youth from Mangaluru, demanding money from him and threatening to get the matter of the ‘girl’ publicized on social media if he failed to pay, said sources.
The youngster is said to have informed the police of the matter with the help of a friend. The police, in turn, got the team assured that the Mangaluru youngster would pay the money himself. They even ensured that the team members were called to Kadaba to receive the payment, the sources added.
On learning of the presence of the police, however, two of the accused escaped from the place.
A youngster, who is a native of Mardala, is said to have fallen into the police trap.
The police, however, have provided no official information on the matter, said the sources.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
