YouTuber and Instagram celebrity Namra Qadir arrested for allegedly extorting 80 lakhs from Gurgaon businessman
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: December 7, 2022 11:54 AM2022-12-07T11:54:07+5:302022-12-07T11:54:07+5:30
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Gurugram police have arrested Namara (Namra) Qadir in an extortion case. The police said the woman and her husband Virat Beniwal honey-trapped a Gurgaon businessman and extorted Rs 80 lakh over months. Both of them are YouTube and Instagram stars.
Namara Qadir is very famous on YouTube. She has around 6 lakh followers on YouTube and around 2 lakh followers on Instagram. She lives in Gurgaon and is married to Virat Beniwal. The couple often makes funny reels and share them on these platforms.
A businessman in Gurgaon's Sector 50 has alleged that the couple honey-trapped him and extorted Rs 80 lakh. He said they first met in the Radisson Hotel. He had seen her YouTube video and they agreed to work for his firm and took an advance payment of Rs 2 lakh. Dinesh Yadav (21), a resident of Badshahpur, had lodged a complaint in August but the couple went to court for interim bail, police in Gurugram said.
Qadir has confessed to the crime and we have taken her on police remand to recover the money and other items that were taken by her from the victim under alleged pressure. Her husband and co-accused Manish alias Virat Beniwal will be arrested soon," Sector-50 Station House Officer Inspector Rajesh Kumar. Qadir's husband and co-accused Manish alias Virat Beniwal is at large, police said, adding that raids are being conducted to apprehend him.
In his complaint, Dinesh Yadav, who runs an advertising firm, said he got in touch with Qadir sometime ago and Beniwal was with her. He claimed that Qadir demanded ₹ 2 lakh for promoting his firm on her channel, and he paid the amount. Qadir after a few days expressed her liking for him and said she wanted to marry him. They became good friends, according to the complaint.
"In August I along with Qadir and Manish went to a club to party. We booked a room there late at night. The next morning, when I woke up, Qadir asked me to hand over my bank cards and (smart) watch. She threatened to implicate me in a rape case," the complainant said.He claimed that "after this, they extorted more than ₹ 80 lakh and gift items from me". "Later, I revealed everything to my father who took me to the police," the victim said in his complaint.
