Police arrested Tushar Shah, Dharmin Vohra, Rupesh Sanghvi, Mehul Sanghvi, Divesh Lunavadiya, and two girls Heena Safiwala and Sweety Shekar Sandh.

They are college friends and had come to meet the victim, whom they began to threaten after a while.

The victim's uncle then called police. She had come to her uncle's house on Saturday at Rajput Faliya to seek his help as her friends were blackmailing her since long, sources informed. Police recovered suspected drugs from one of the cars of the accused youths.

The group had come to know about an alleged theft committed by the victim  and was demanding money from her to keep it a secret.  The victim was avoiding phone calls from the members of the group for the past few days.

However, the group was able to trace her and reached the house of Hitendra Bakrola in Mercedes and Skoda Fabia cars.

Seeing the situation going out of hand, the victim's uncle informed police, who detained the youths. Their vehicles were searched and police found a suspected drug in Skoda Fabia car. It has been sent for examination to a forensic laboratory.

Preliminary examination has revealed that the youths were carrying charas.

Police have booked Heena, Sweety and Divyesh, who were in Skoda Fabia (GJ-5-JA-228), under Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS).

The seven accused, who belong to affluent business families of the city, have been booked for blackmailing  the girl who was studying with them in college.