India, June 19 -- An influencer who was on the run for 10 months in a honeytrapping case has been arrested in Ahmedabad. Kirti Patel, who has 1.3 million followers on Instagram, was arrested for trying to extort crores from a builder by honeytrapping him.

According to an NDTV report, a case had been filed against Kirti Patel in Surat on June 2 last year. A court also issued a warrant against her some time later.

"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. Patel was also named in other cases of land grabbing and extortion.

The Gujarat influencer, however, manage...