India, Nov. 9 -- A woman who was allegedly involved in framing her husband in a false rape case of a minor boy with the motive of extortion, was arrested late Saturday night, police said.

The woman, identified as Shivani Agarwal, wife of an IT firm owner, is the fourth accused to be held in the case.

Investigators said Agarwal allegedly paid advocate Geetika Chawla Rs.10 lakh to frame her husband due to marital disputes. Chawla, along with her husband Harsh Kumar Thakkar and a balloon seller named Hanuman, had been arrested earlier this week for their role in filing the fake rape case registered at Sector 65 police station on October 29.

Senior officers said the case's investigation exposed a larger extortion racket targeting men facin...