KASUR: B-Division police on Tuesday lodged a case against six people, including a woman, for keeping a man in illegal custody and releasing him after receiving ransom in Salamatpura locality.

Police claimed to have arrested all the suspects. Police said it was a racket that enticed the youth for monetary purposes with the help of `honeytrap girl.

According to complainant Almas Bibi, she received a call on her cell phone from the suspects who demanded Rs200,000 as ransom for the release of her brother Waqas.

The complainant also claimed that she paid Rs50,000 to the suspects through Jazz Cash to get her brother released.

Police claimed that it traced the suspects and lodged a case under sections including 365 (ransom for the release of abductee) and 384 (punishment for extortion).