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The R.R. Nagar constabulary person arrested 5 persons, including 2 women make-up artists, for allegedly assaulting and robbing a 31-year-old bundle technologist connected 2 occasions wrong a span of 20 days.
The accused person been identified arsenic Sumalatha alias Anjali, 28, of Annapurneshwari Nagar, Harshini alias Sweety, 26, of BHEL Layout, and their associates Jagadish, 35, Manjunath, 30, and Lokesh, 32, each residents of Vidyaranyapura.
According to the complaint, the unfortunate received a connection connected December 1 from an chartless Telegram ID offering companionship and a video telephone done a dating platform. The pistillate demanded ₹20,000, which the unfortunate agreed to pay. She aboriginal shared a determination and asked him to conscionable her.
When the unfortunate reached the spot, the pistillate took him into a location connected the pretext of talking privately and allegedly asked him to undress. She past snatched ₹20,000 successful currency and his mobile phone, and threatened to marque his explicit video viral if helium approached the police. Fearing nationalist humiliation, the unfortunate managed to retrieve his telephone and fled, a elder constabulary serviceman said.
Despite the incident, the unfortunate was contacted again connected December 20 by the aforesaid woman, this clip utilizing a antithetic Telegram ID nether the sanction “Sweety”, with the assistance of an associate. She again demanded ₹20,000 and sent a caller determination successful R.R. Nagar.
Trusting her, the unfortunate went to the determination successful the afternoon. However, arsenic helium approached the area, the pistillate allegedly arrived with 3 accomplices. The radical reportedly snatched his wallet containing ₹20,000, assaulted him, and threatened him with dire consequences.
The accused allegedly demanded ₹1 lakh. The unfortunate stated that helium was dragged into a adjacent gathering wherever the battle continued. He raised an alarm, pursuing which passersby alerted the constabulary helpline.
Police rushed to the spot and arrested each 5 accused immediately. The stolen currency was recovered and handed implicit to the unfortunate connected the spot, the serviceman added.
Based connected the complaint, the R.R. Nagar constabulary person registered a lawsuit nether respective sections related to robbery, transgression intimidation, and assault.
Further probe is nether mode to ascertain whether the radical has targeted different victims utilizing a akin modus operandi.
