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Indian woman, daughter cleared of extortion charge
Dubai, March 3
An expatriate Indian woman and
her daughter in the UAE have been cleared of the charges of extorting
500,000 dirhams (about $136,000) from a man by allegedly threatening to
dishonour him through the disclosure that he had had sex with the
daughter, media reported Tuesday.
The Dubai Court of First
Instance acquitted the Indian mother, S.S., 48, and her daughter, H.B.,
23, of charges of verbally threatening to shame their compatriot.
According
to the petition, the mother threatened him in February 2014 that she
will inform the authorities that he had had sex with H.B. in the emirate
of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates if he did not pay them money, the
Gulf News reported.
Presiding Judge Mohammad Jamal cleared the
duo, who contended that the complainant brought the allegations against
them out of malice.
The man alleged in the complaint that his
friend, S.S, lured him to an Ajman hotel where he was left alone with
H.B., who seduced him and tempted him to have sex with her.