Police arrests couple from Human Rights Council for extorting money.

BENGALURU: The police had arrested a couple who belonged to a human rights forum on the charges of extorting Rs 8 lakh from a 45-year-old woman by threatening her of posting compromised photos and videos of her on social media sites.

The accused are Seema Khan, 45, who is the president of the south India chapter of NGO Human Rights Council, and her husband Ghoda Imran, 35, the president of the NGOs Karnataka chapter. Police charged the duo with sexual harassment, assault, criminal intimidation and extortion.

Imran had been in a relationship previously with the complainant and they had taken photographs and made videos together, an officer said.

“After marrying Seema a few months ago, Imran told her about his relationship with the complainant. They hatched a plot to extort money from her. The woman paid them Rs 8 lakh but they demanded more money," the officer said.