Actress alleges she was raped by businessman

Actress Padma Narayanan, who is currently at the Puzhal prison for allegedly blackmailing the businessman Pradeep Konra, claimed in a written complaint on Monday, that the businessman Pradeep Konra had allegedly filed false charges against her and framed her as she threatened to go public about their relationship if he refused to marry her.

"Pradeep asked me to come for his birthday party which he was holding at The Park hotel on July 24 at 5 pm. When I went there, he was not alone but with another friend Nirmal Kumar and they were both in an inebriated condition," she said.

Padma claimed that she was given a cool drink mixed with a drug. After drinking it, she passed out and was repeatedly raped by the two men. "Since, I was unconscious at that time, I realised what happened only the following morning," she said.

The next morning when Padma confronted him about their four-year-long relationship and demanded that he marry her, Pradeep had allegedly threatened her against going public about their relationship. She alleged that he also threatened to file a complaint with the police about the adult video films they had shot together. According to sources, Padma is soon expected to be out on bail. Further investigations are on.

Buzz: Actress filmed clients, made porn CDs

A life of sex, sleaze and deceit unravelled as investigations continued in the case of the small time actress and model Padma Narayanan who had earlier been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a Chennai-based businessman after filming the two of them together. The police have so far recovered several CDs involving Padma and prominent businessmen in the city that were allegedly shot by Padma and her accomplices, not just to blackmail the businessman involved, but also to sell it to foreign customers as full-fledged blue films. “We have concrete information that she has atleast 15 different CDs with Pradeep Konra alone. She has even sent a copy of the CD to an advocate in the city, whose services she had allegedly used to threaten the businessman with the legal details,” said a senior police official investigating the case.

The woman who started out as a small time model soon resorted to high profile prostitution as her income through modelling was not enough. According to sources, it all started when one of her customers who had grown fond of her, wanted to film the sexual act between the two of them on his mobile phone and Padma obliged. When Padma showed the video clippings to her boyfriend Sanjay, the two hatched a nefarious plan of using it to blackmail the businessman. Since then, Padma and Sanjay have shot porn videos involving her and several businessmen and blackmailed them successfully.

“Usually the two demanded Rs 3 to Rs 4 lakhs and the businessmen usually gave in fearing loss of reputation. But Padma knew that Pradeep Konra was a multi-millionaire, so she constantly kept in touch with him and shot several such films with him before she started blackmailing him for a ransom of Rs. 10 crores,” the police added. The police are also investigating to find out if any other prominent people are involved in the crime and are keeping a close watch on Padma at the Puzhal prison. Sources alleged that she might be taken back to the police custody on Monday for further investigations.

Actress arrested for blackmailing businessman

Actress arrested for blackmailing businessman

A model-turned-actress, who attempted to blackmail a businessman after taking videos of them in a compromising position at a star hotel in Meenambakkam was arrested. According to the police, the actress, identified as Padma Narayanan, demanded Rs. 10 crore after spending a night with the businessman for an agreed sum of Rs 25,000, failing which she threatened to make the videos of the two of them public. Padma, aged 29, a resident of Velachery, acted in Tamil movie Veeraswamy. According to eye witnesses, she was arrested at a jewellery shop in Cathedral road on Wednesday afternoon and bundled into a police vehicle. She had arrived at the jewellery store to meet her victim, a businessman named Pradeep K. from Anna Nagar.

The actress was waiting for the businessman at the jewellery shop because he told her she could buy whatever she wanted from the store. “We told the businessman to set a trap for her. She was told that it would be difficult for Pradeep to give her Rs. 10 crore in cash, so she was asked to make some purchases from the jewellery shop,” the police said. A police team headed by an assistant commissioner from St Thomas Mount waited at the shop with policewomen in mufti. As soon as the actress arrived in her Honda City car and entered the shop, the police team picked her up.

According to sources, the police team questioned her in the vehicle and by evening she confessed to the crime and even provided the police with details of her three associates who also threatened the businessman. They were identified as Sanjay, a 29 year-old model, Ameer John, 28, and Chandran, 28, both car brokers. The police also seized a Honda City car, a lap top, 7 mobile phones and a gun from the arrested. On Thursday morning, the police didn’t want to wait for the courts to open, and rushed the case by producing her at the residence of a magistrate — something that is usually done only in VIP and emergency cases. The magistrate remanded her to judicial custody for 15 days.

Padma’s Modus Operandi

The businessman and actress travelled by the same car and checked into a room at the hotel on July 27. After entering the hotel room, she told him she had left her walkman in the car and asked him to fetch it. When he went out, she arranged four cellphones at four corners of the bed and started the recording option. When he returned, the four cell phone cameras capture0all the bedroom activity from four angles. Later, she kept the mobile phones back in her handbag without him noticing. The two agreed to meet next day also in the same hotel.

But the next day, she came with three of her associates and showed him the video recordings of previous night. The recording was played on a lap top and the four demanded Rs. 10 crore from him or they threatened to ruin his reputation in public. The businessman offered to pay Rs. 10 lakh, but the gang insisted that he should pay Rs. 10 crore or they would shoot him. This is when he approached the police and set a trap for the actress. Sources said that the businessman has been involved with the actress for the last six months.

Actress arrested for blackmailing businessman

Actress arrested for blackmailing businessman

A model-turned-actress, who attempted to blackmail a businessman after taking videos of them in a compromising position at a star hotel in Meenambakkam was arrested. According to the police, the actress, identified as Padma Narayanan, demanded Rs. 10 crore after spending a night with the businessman for an agreed sum of Rs 25,000, failing which she threatened to make the videos of the two of them public. Padma, aged 29, a resident of Velachery, acted in Tamil movie Veeraswamy. According to eye witnesses, she was arrested at a jewellery shop in Cathedral road on Wednesday afternoon and bundled into a police vehicle. She had arrived at the jewellery store to meet her victim, a businessman named Pradeep K. from Anna Nagar.

The actress was waiting for the businessman at the jewellery shop because he told her she could buy whatever she wanted from the store. “We told the businessman to set a trap for her. She was told that it would be difficult for Pradeep to give her Rs. 10 crore in cash, so she was asked to make some purchases from the jewellery shop,” the police said. A police team headed by an assistant commissioner from St Thomas Mount waited at the shop with policewomen in mufti. As soon as the actress arrived in her Honda City car and entered the shop, the police team picked her up.

According to sources, the police team questioned her in the vehicle and by evening she confessed to the crime and even provided the police with details of her three associates who also threatened the businessman. They were identified as Sanjay, a 29 year-old model, Ameer John, 28, and Chandran, 28, both car brokers. The police also seized a Honda City car, a lap top, 7 mobile phones and a gun from the arrested. On Thursday morning, the police didn’t want to wait for the courts to open, and rushed the case by producing her at the residence of a magistrate — something that is usually done only in VIP and emergency cases. The magistrate remanded her to judicial custody for 15 days.

Padma’s Modus Operandi

The businessman and actress travelled by the same car and checked into a room at the hotel on July 27. After entering the hotel room, she told him she had left her walkman in the car and asked him to fetch it. When he went out, she arranged four cellphones at four corners of the bed and started the recording option. When he returned, the four cell phone cameras capture0all the bedroom activity from four angles. Later, she kept the mobile phones back in her handbag without him noticing. The two agreed to meet next day also in the same hotel.

But the next day, she came with three of her associates and showed him the video recordings of previous night. The recording was played on a lap top and the four demanded Rs. 10 crore from him or they threatened to ruin his reputation in public. The businessman offered to pay Rs. 10 lakh, but the gang insisted that he should pay Rs. 10 crore or they would shoot him. This is when he approached the police and set a trap for the actress. Sources said that the businessman has been involved with the actress for the last six months.