Honey trapping have happened in the past too: Congress MLA on 'Honey-trap probe'

The Congress MLA Laxman Singh said that though honey trapping is not a right approach but it has always been used in the past too to gain political power.

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Congress MLA and the younger brother of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh Laxman Singh on Sunday said that even though it is wrong; but incidents like honey-trapping have happened in the past too to gain political power.

Speaking to media about the honey-trapping case in the state, Laxman Singh said: "These types of things have happened in the past too. Women were used to gain political power. However, this is wrong. Indulging the women in this strategy is even worse."

"It is being said that even Adolf Hitler used honey trapping as a tool against his enemies during WW-II," he said, explaining that such incidents have been going on since time immemorial.

On being asked about BJP's demand for a high-level inquiry into the case, the Congress MLA said: "A Special Investigation Team (SIT) is inquiring the case now, let us see what comes out of it."

"Let SIT do the investigation first, if there is no satisfactory result then a CBI inquiry could be conducted," he added.

Six persons including five women and a man were arrested in connection with the honey trapping case.

The incident came to light after an Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) engineer filed a complaint alleging that two women were blackmailing him by threatening to make some objectionable videos viral. The engineer was later suspended from the service by the IMC.