Srinagar, Oct 08: Srinagar police on Saturday arrested third accused in the sextortion case in which a university student was sedated, raped, blackmailed and trafficked by a self—proclaimed journalist. 

Srinagar police on its official Twitter handle, informed that the arrested accused was an associate of Nadeem Nadu and is working in PHE department.

“Third accused arrested in Rape, blackmailing and extortion case namely Showkat Ahmad Ragoo S/o Mohd Khalil Ragoo R/o Anantnag. He is an associate of Nadeem Nadu and working in PHE department. Two self-styled journalists have already been arrested in this case,” police tweeted.

Earlier, two self-styled journalists—Nadeem Nadu and Salman Shah—have already been arrested by Srinagar police following a complaint by the girl, the police said.