India, Oct. 7 -- In a case of deceit and extortion, a Goregaon-based lawyer was allegedly blackmailed and fleeced of over Rs.30 lakh by a family of five from Himachal Pradesh, who threatened to leak his obscene photos online and slap a fake sexual assault case against him.

The accused - identified as Parul Rana, her parents Harvindersingh and Mina Rana, sister Nidhi Rana, and associate Konika Verma - have been booked by the Goregaon police under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pertaining to cheating, extortion and criminal intimidation. Summons will soon be issued for their questioning, officers said.

According to the police, the complainant, a practising lawyer with expertise in international and trade law, lives with his famil...