India, March 27 -- A pattern that had been hiding in plain sight has finally come into focus. The Delhi Police Crime Branch has arrested a 44-year-old woman and her associate for allegedly running a calculated racket of honey-trapping and filing false rape and molestation cases to extort money after at least nine FIRs were traced to her name across the city.

The accused, Shabnam Sajid, also known as Sidra Mansoor, and her associate, Yashdev Singh Chauhan, were arrested by the Inter-State Cell of the Crime Branch.

Police say Chauhan posed as an advocate to negotiate settlements, while the woman stayed removed from direct money dealings. The case, now registered as FIR No. 282/2025 at Mehrauli police station under sections related to exto...