A Hisar woman was arrested for allegedly trying to extort former Haryana minister and BJP leader Anoop Dhanak’s brother by threatening to implicate him in a fake rape case, police officials said on Saturday.

Uklana Station House Officer Gurvinder Singh said a woman, along with her two assistants, was allegedly trying to extort former minister Anoop Dhanak’s brother Satish by threatening to implicate him in a fake rape case.

“They arrested her when she came to pick up $2.30 lakh from Satish Dhanak. She and her two assistants had extorted $13.50 lakh from the complainant. The woman was demanding $9 lakh from the former minister’s brother by threatening to file a false rape case against him and his brother Anoop. “We have booked the woman and her two aides, who are absconding under Sections 308(2), 308(6), 3(5) of the BNS,” the SHO added.

In his complaint to the police, complainant Satish said that he was doing his brother Anoop’s political work and that he met a woman from Hisar district two years ago.

“The woman met me related to work and then we saw each other several times. After a while, he started threatening to implicate me and my brother in a fake rape case and demanded that $10 lakh. On May 14, 2023, my friend Satish gave $6.50 lakhs. He continued to blackmail us and we gave him $3 lakh in Hisar court on September 21, 2023 and $2 lakh in December 2023. The woman and former sarpanch of Kinala village, Madan Lal, demanded $25 lakh of us during the assembly elections when my brother was contesting threatening to highlight this issue during the elections. Now they demand again $9 lakh,” he added.