282: The Curious Case of Madhya Pradesh’s Honey-trap Scandal

Published: Oct. 1, 2019, 3:22 p.m.

Five women, thousands of sexually explicit videos, photographs and chats, crores of rupees and ministers, politicians and bureaucrats - these are the ingredients of Madhya Pradesh’s latest scandal - a honeytrap racket that could potentially throw a lot of powerful people into trouble.

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Now Madhya Pradesh is no stranger to scams and scandals. Remember the Vyapam Scam from 2013? That too involved some big shots and 6 years later we have this honeytrap racket from the same state - also involving big shots. The Quint’s correspondent Poonam Agarwal has unearthed some interesting details about the case.