BENGALURU: Three people, who extorted a 57-year-old civil contractor in an elaborate con masterminded by a woman, have been arrested by the Byadarahalli police. The arrested are Jayaraj, Ajay and Santosh. The main accused, Nayana, and three of her other accomplices are still at large.
The victim, a resident of Vinayaka Layout in Ullala, filed a police complaint on Monday. The incident happened on December 9 at the main accused Nayana’s house in Tunganagar on Magadi Road.
The victim was introduced to Nayana through their common friend. She gained the victim’s trust by claiming that she is a single mother and her child has health issues.
She then started taking money from the victim for her child’s treatment. The complainant is said to have given Rs 15,000 in total to her for the treatment.
“The main accused started inviting the victim to her house for tea. On December 9, when he was going on his two-wheeler on Magadi Road, she approached him and invited him to her house. After the victim went to her house, her accomplices barged in a few minutes later masquerading as CCB sleuths. They assaulted him and took off his clothes. They then took his pictures threatening to arrest him in a prostitution racket. The accused demanded Rs 2 lakh from the victim. They also robbed him off his gold chain and gold finger ring. They took Rs 29,000 in cash that was with him and also transferred Rs 26,000 from his phone to their bank account,” said an officer.
The accused later went away in an auto and Nayana also went behind them. The victim was unaware that Nayana was the mastermind and believed that the men were real policemen.
Later when Nayana called him, he requested her to accompany him to the police station to file a complaint.
She then threatened to bring her child to his house and tell his family that both of them were into a physical relationship. Following the threat from her, the victim realised that he has been trapped. A fortnight after the incident, the victim filed a police complaint after taking legal help.
A case of extortion (308(2)), criminal intimidation (351(2)) along with other sections of BNS has been registered against the accused. Further investigations are on.