Kerala couple arrested for extorting crores from Infopark IT company owner

KOCHI: A couple accused of extorting money from the owner of an IT company operating at Infopark, Kakkanad, by threatening to spread defamatory allegations and implicate him in a fabricated sexual assault case were arrested on Tuesday.

The arrested are Swetha Babu, a former employee of the company, and her partner Krishna Raj, a resident of Chavakkad, Thrissur. They were apprehended by the Ernakulam Central police following a complaint filed by Venugopal, the company’s owner.