The Kolkata police on Wednesday arrested two members of prominent business families for allegedly extorting money from women after they shot intimate moments with them on video and threatened to make it public. Officials said that a cook employed by one of the families was also arrested and so far, the police have found video grabs of 182 women in the three-month investigation, a Times of India report read.

The three accused Aditya Aggarwal, Anish Loharuka and the cook Kailash Yadav were produced in a local court and sent to judicial custody till next Thursday. They were accused of demanding Rs10 lakh from one of the victims. Aggarwal's family owns an ethnic wear retail chain, while Loharuka's family owns multiple hotels in the city.