Overview
- Kothrud police registered a case for extortion, sexual assault and criminal intimidation on a complaint by Vishwanath Laxman Kadam, 47, of Kolhapur.
- The accused has been identified as Gauri Pralhad Wanjale, 42, who has been served notice and called for questioning, with no arrest announced.
- According to the FIR, the man was allegedly drugged during a Kashi Vishwanath trip, sexually assaulted, photographed in compromising positions, and kept in Banaras for three days.
- Police reports say Wanjale later demanded ₹2 lakh and threatened to leak intimate images, with accounts that she posed as a lawyer and also offered marriage.
- Investigators are reviewing digital material and tracking alleged accomplices, and one report notes she faces a separate case under the Atrocity Act.