7 youths held for blackmailing girl

SURAT: Police arrested seven youths from Rajput Faliya of Kosad locality under the limits of Amroli police station on Saturday night for allegedly blackmailing a girl. Police were informed about it by the family of the victim girl.
Police arrested Tushar Shah, Dharmin Vohra, Rupesh Sanghvi, Mehul Sanghvi, Divesh Lunavadiya, and two girls Heena Safiwala and Sweety Shekar Sandh.
They are college friends and had come to meet Maitry Kosambiya whom they began to threaten after a while. Maitry's uncle then called police. She had come to her uncle's house on Saturday at Rajput Faliya to seek his help as her friends were blackmailing her since long, sources informed. Police recovered suspected drugs from one of the cars of the accused youths.
The group had come to know about an alleged theft committed by Maitry and was demanding money from her to keep it a secret. Maitry was avoiding phone calls from the members of the group for the past few days. However, the group was able to trace her and reached the house of Hitendra Bakrola in Mercedes and Skoda Fabia cars.
Seeing the situation going out of hand, the victim's uncle informed police, who detained the youths. Their vehicles were searched and police found a suspected drug in Skoda Fabia car. It has been sent for examination to a forensic laboratory. Preliminary examination has revealed that the youths were carrying charas, sources claimed.
Police have booked Heena, Sweety and Divyesh, who were in Skoda Fabia (GJ-5-JA-228), under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS). The seven accused, who belong to affluent business families of the city, have been booked for blackmailing Maitry who study with them in college.