Couple blackmail Anjar govt health official, extort ₹30 lakh
Updated: Sep 27th, 2024
A major controversy has erupted in Kutch’s Anjar town. A 58-year-old taluka health officer, Dr Rajiv Anjariya was blackmailed by a woman and her husband who extorted ₹30 lakh from him.
Anjariya, who has been serving in his position for the past 14 years, filed a complaint at the Adipur police station, naming Narmada Vanand, a resident of Rajnagar, and her alleged husband Dinesh Vanand alias Gulam Haji as the accused.
About a month ago, Narmada sent a WhatsApp message requesting a job as an ASHA (Accredited Social Health Activist) worker.
After this, she continued messaging on WhatsApp and built a closer relationship with Anjariya.
As their acquaintance grew, Narmada visited Anjariya’s office and started communicating with him frequently through WhatsApp calls. Narmada would often invite him to her house for tea.
On the morning of September 21, Narmada mentioned online that she had come to Rajnagar in Antarjal village to stay at her parents’ house and expressed that her parents wanted to meet Anjariya as well.
She invited him to her home. When he arrived, her parents were not present and Narmada made him sit in a room and served him tea and water.
Suddenly, she started removing her clothes. Before Anjariya could understand what was happening, Dinesh, who identified himself as Narmada’s husband, rushed into the house.
Dinesh hurled abuses and said, “You’ve ruined my life,” and punched the complainant (Anjariya) two or three times.
He also threatened Anjariya and forced the complainant to take off his shirt, told Narmada to be close to him, and recorded a video clip of both of them.
Dinesh then threatened to make the video clip viral and file a false rape complaint, demanding ₹30 lakh as a settlement. Terrified by the threat, Anjariya went to his office and immediately gave ₹50,000, promising to arrange the rest of the money later.
After this incident, the accused took Anjariya and Narmada to the taluka health office by car.
Anjariya wrote a bearer cheque for ₹50,000 from his chequebook and sent a peon to the bank to collect the money.
Meanwhile, the accused forced Anjariya to write cheques of ₹5 lakh each, obtaining six signed cheques. Not only that, but he also forced the complainant to sign two blank cheques, threatening him to ensure the funds were in the bank in a few days.
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