Madhya Pradesh Police along with the Indore district authorities raided the home, media firm and three other establishments of a local businessman in connection with a honey-trap case, an official said today.
The raids were conducted at businessman Jitendra Soni's home, hotel, restaurant and night club in Indore late on Saturday night, he said.
"Soni also owns a local eveninger. The investigators also went to his newspaper's office," the official added.
The authorities have so far not shared any details of the searches conducted at Mr Soni's premises.
Five women and a man were arrested from Indore and Bhopal in September for allegedly running the honey-trap and blackmailing racket.
The racket was busted after an engineer of the Indore Municipal Corporation approached the police, claiming he was being blackmailed over some objectionable video clips by the accused who were trying to extort about Rs 3 crore from him.
The accused are currently in judicial custody.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
Elderly Man Defrauded Of Rs 40 Lakh Through 'Digital Arrest' Scam In Indore, 2 Arrested Techie Stabbed To Death Over Objecting To 4 Men Drinking Around His Scooter In Madhya Pradesh Ex Congress Corporator Shot Dead In Madhya Pradesh, Wife And Son Arrested Video: Rahul Gandhi Approaches BJP MP Who Fell During Protest, This Happens Protests At Parliament Turn Into Injury vs Injury Claims By BJP, Congress Ambedkar Row: Congress Doubles Down After BJP's Soros Edit Of Protest Pic Elon Musk Urges X Users To Stop Using Hashtags. Here's Why "Not In His Nature To Be Nasty": Omar Abdullah Defends Rahul Gandhi People Seeking Justice For Atul Subhash Chase Rahul Gandhi. He Does This Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.