Nearly 4, files containing screenshots of sex chats, videos of naked officers, and audio clips have been extracted from laptops and mobile phones confiscated from the honeytrap ring that allegedly hooked a large number of VIPs in MP. Some men paid in cash — crores of it — and some in kind — tenders, contracts and funds for NGOs. The evidence so far includes 4, videos, photos and sex chats of some very senior IAS officers and politicians. Even as 12 top serving bureaucrats and 8 former ministers of Madhya Pradesh seem to be in trouble in the honeytrap scandal, the kingpin of scandal Shweta Jain has confessed to the Special Investigation Team that she coerced at least two dozen college-going girls, from lower middle class families, who were used to seduce the high and mighty of MP government. Kumar is the 3rd officer to head SIT in just 8 days. Cops on Wednesday arrested two persons, members of two prominent Kolkata business families, for allegedly extorting money from women after threatening to make public intimate moments captured with them on video.
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South Korea police are due to question two K-pop stars on Thursday over allegations of sex tapes, secret chat about rape, and deals facilitated by prostitutes, in a sex scandal that has rocked South Korea's music world and hit entertainment stocks. Paresh Dhanani alleges that several top BJP leaders were involved in the sex scandal and probably feared being exposed. Gopal, 59, was taken into custody at Chennai airport on Tuesday morning as he was waiting to board a flight to Pune based on a complaint filed by a deputy secretary to Governor at Raj Bhavan on Monday night. During the course of its investigation, the SIT found that three former SPs continued to sent as many as girls to the shelter homes even after its license was cancelled in June last year. Movie producer Harvey Weinstein must face a civil lawsuit by a British actress who has accused him of violating sex trafficking laws by inviting her to a hotel room in France and sexually assaulting her, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. More than 70 women have accused Weinstein, of sexual misconduct, including rape, with some allegations dating back decades, all of which he has denied. The heads of Michigan State University and USA Gymnastics, who resigned in the wake of a sex abuse scandal involving a former doctor at their organizations, could face tough questions when they appear on Tuesday at a US Senate hearing on how to protect athletes from similar behavior. Allegations have been made that the charitable organisation staff hired prostitutes in crisis-hit countries.
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Indore: Even as 12 top serving bureaucrats and eight former Ministers of Madhya Pradesh MP seem to be in big trouble in the honey trap scandal, the kingpin of scandal Shweta Jain has confessed to the SIT. Jain also admitted that the main objective of the honey trap was to procure lucrative government contracts, running into several hundred crores [millions], from the targeted VIPs. Most of the contracts were awarded to reputed companies by Shweta Jain and her aide Aarti Dayal on commission basis. Monica disclosed to SIT that on pretext of seeking admission in a prestigious college she came in contact with Shweta, who claimed that she was close to top brass of the MP government. Shweta also provided an Audi car to Monica to shuttle between Indore and Bhopal. A senior SIT official said that Monica initially refused to oblige Shweta and returned to her parents home in Narsinghgarh. Later, Hiralal, whose financial condition was not good, allowed her year-old daughter to leave for Bhopal with Aarti.
