Hyderabad: A woman and her two accomplices, who tried to blackmail a sex worker and extort money from her customer, were arrested by Rain Bazaar police in city on Sunday.

Police recovered Rs10,000 in cash and two cellphones worth Rs. 40,000 from the accused and sent them to remand.

According to the investigating officer SI Govind, Moina Nayeeda (26), who belongs to Aaman Nagar of Talab Katta in Old City, established a fake NGO in the name of an old-age home 10 days back and planned to make easy money from people by blackmailing.

On Januray 28, Nayeeda went to the house of Sabha, a sex worker in Bhaghe Jahera of Yakutpura, and told her that she was in financial trouble and want to make some money by prostitution. Then Sabha arranged a customer one Jaheer and informed Nayeeda on Friday. Nayeeda came to Sabha's place along with her brother Sohail and some others and entered home alone with her men waiting outside.

After entering the house, Nayeeda closed the doors with the customer inside and shouted loudly about the illegal acts going on there. Nayeeda's brother Sohail and others rushed to the house and threatened the owner of the house and the client saying they were from an NGO and would file a complaint against their illegal activities. Nayeeda and team forcibly took cash and a cellphone worth Rs.20,000 from the customer and gold chain and mobile phone of Sabha. They also demanded Rs.50,000 more from them by threatening that they will complain to the police.

The victim then approached the police and filed a complaint. Police arrested Nayeeda and her accomplices and registered a case against them for cheating under sections 448, 506, 384, R/W 34 IPC.

The police said that Nayeeda was daughter of former rowdy-sheeter Akbar and she had been making easy money by blackmailing people in the name of NGOs.