- By Yashashvi Tak
- Thu, 19 Jun 2025 11:15 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
A social media influencer, Kirti Patel, has been arrested in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, after being on the run for over 10 months for allegedly honeytrapping a builder and attempting to extort crores of rupees from him.
The police stated that a case was registered against Kirti Patel, who has 1.3 million Instagram followers, in Surat on June 2 of last year, and a court subsequently issued a warrant for her arrest.
"Patel was accused of honeytrapping a builder in Surat and then blackmailing him, demanding crores. Four other people were also named in the first information report (FIR) and had been arrested earlier," said an official, adding that the influencer has also been named in other complaints of land grabbing and extortion, according to the NDTV report.
Although a court in Surat had issued a warrant against her, Patel managed to evade the police by moving between cities and using different SIM cards.
She was eventually located in the Sarkhej area of Ahmedabad, where the Surat Police, with assistance from local authorities, arrested her on Wednesday.
"We had been trying to track Kirti Patel down for 10 months. With the help of our technical team and cyber experts, we tracked her location to Sarkhej in Ahmedabad. We contacted our counterparts in Ahmedabad and arrested her. She has been accused of honeytrapping and extortion... In these 10 months, her location kept changing constantly, in different parts of Gujarat. The IP address kept changing, as did her phone numbers and SIM cards. We also coordinated with Instagram to get her location," said Deputy Commissioner of Police Alok Kumar.
"There are several other complaints against Patel as well, including land grabbing and extortion. We will record her statements in these cases as well, and investigate them further," he added.
Kumar requested people to visit police stations or even the offices of the ACP or DCP to lodge complaints if they are facing any extortion attempts.