Gurugram, Jun 8 (PTI) A Haryana man has alleged that he was honey-trapped by a woman he had befriended on social media and her accomplices in a bid to blackmail him, police said on Wednesday.

An FIR has been registered against the accused at the Sector 29 police station, they said.

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The man, a native of Karnal but stays at a rented property in Rajiv Nagar, said that the woman summoned him to a hotel in Sector 29 where they consumed beer, but she soon called up her accomplices who beat him up.

"She forced sex, her accomplices made a video clip and they started blackmailing me. They held me captive and took me to a forest area in Narnaul where they again thrashed and abused me. Later, they took me to a hotel and held me captive in a room, but I managed to flee…," the victim said in his complaint.

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Inspector Pawan Malik, SHO of Sector 29 police station, said investigation into the case is underway and that action will be taken as per the law.

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