Bhubaneswar, Sept. 22 -- The police have arrested three persons, including two journalists, on charges of running a honey trap racket in Odisha's Jajpur and Cuttack districts.

The arrested persons have been identified as Subhashis Basantray (34) and Himanshu Kumar Lenka (32) of Nischintakoili area and Itishree Mohanty (32) of Mahanga area of Cuttack district.

The accused trio reportedly targeted several teachers, doctors and businessmen in Cuttack and Jajpur and extorted money from them.

The gang reportedly engaged several women to honeytrap people. The women used to lure people by developing friendship with them through social media.

The members of the gang were extorting money from the victims by threatening them with police complai...