Indian mother-daughter duo cleared off extortion charge

An Indian mother-daughter duo, who was accused of extorting USD 136,000 from a compatriot after threatening to dishonour him saying he had sex with the daughter, have been cleared off the charges after the matter was resolved out of court.
The Dubai Court of First Instance acquitted the 48-year-old Indian mother, identified in the court papers as S.S., and her 23-year-old daughter, identified as H.B., of verbally threatening to shame their countryman, a media report said today.
The duo were also cleared of the charge of threatening to inform the authorities that he had sex with H.B. In the emirate of Ajman in the United Arab Emirates if he did not pay them money in February, 2014.

Presiding judge Mohammad Jamal cleared the duo, who pleaded innocent and contended that the complainant brought the allegations against them out of malice.
They also provided the court with a written waiver from the Indian complainant, an assistant manager.
The latter alleged to prosecutors that his friend, S., lured him to an Ajman hotel where he was left alone with H.B., who seduced him and tempted him to have sex with her, the Gulf News reported.

The assistant manager also claimed that a few days later H.B. Called him repeatedly and threatened to report him to the police if he did not pay her more.

A policeman testified that primary interrogations led to the arrest of the mother and her daughter from their house in Sharjah.
According to today's ruling, the court cleared the suspects after their reconciliation with the complainant.
The primary ruling remains subject to appeal within 15 days.