KATHMANDU: Police have arrested two women on the charge of extortion Thursday.
The arrested have been identified as Lalsari Shahi (Lalita) and Kalpana Hamal of Surkhet.
A team deployed from Metropolitan Crime Division nabbed the two women.
Police said they held the women after a report was filed against them.
The women lured men into hotel rooms and secretly captured videos of them to extort money.
As per a police complaint filed by a man residing in Koteshwor, Lalita had phoned and invited him to a Sundhara-based hotel room, where she made a video of the man.
Lalsari later sent the video to his Facebook Messenger and demanded money, again and again, police said.
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