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BHOPAL: Following the news of honey trap in Madhya Pradesh, there are reports of video footage of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and right-wing leader going viral on the internet. As per police sources, the footage of CM with a girl was shot after planning. The investigation team had found over 4000 footages of public personalities as well.

In relation to the case, five women Shweta Vijay Jain, Shweta Swapnil Jain, Barkha, Aarti Dayal and Monika Yadav were taken in two police vehicles amid tight security arrangements.

The SIT team also carried with them the electronic gadgets, laptops and pendrive obtained from the accused possesions. Sex chats, screenshots, nude pictures with officials, audio clips, etc were recovered from the devices.

On Friday, accused Shweta Vijay Jain, Shweta Swapnil Jain and Barkha were sent to police remand till September 30 in the case.

The other accused in the case, Dayal and Yadav were also sent to police remand till October 1.

Six persons including five women and a man were arrested in connection with the honey trapping case.

The incident came to light after an Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) engineer filed a complaint alleging that two women were blackmailing him by threatening to make some objectionable videos viral. The engineer was later suspended from the service by the IMC.