The Daily Observer, Vol 13, Issue 3

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e Daily Observer

Tuesday, December 4, 2013

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Girl changes statement, lands lover in jail Aurosmita Acharya

were not accompanied by any of

safety reasons, said, “We

A kidnapping case in Kengeri

Shankar’s friend. Pooja then said to

collected information re-

turned into a rape probe aer the

us at that she was not kidnapped

garding their location and

victim changed her statement,

but she ran away from her college

movement through mobile

landing her alleged lover in to jail.

as she was in love with him and

tracking

would like to marry the boy.”

them.e girl then did not

e parents of the girl lodged a

and

captured

complaint of kidnapping in Kengeri

He added, “On October 21, the

look disturbed rather she

Police Station on October 12, 2013.

girl comes to the police station with

was absolutely fine with the

Police tracked her mobile number

her parents and complained that

Shankar and had no com-

and with the help of the Madikere

she was kidnapped by Shankar and

plaints to make.”

Police found the girl in a home stay

two of his friends and was raped by

in Madikere on October 17, 2013.

them.”

Lakhan said, “Aer inter-

e kidnap case registered on October 12 has now become a kidnap and rape case. Aer interrogating the girl we realized that she has changed her stand under the influence of her parents.” - Lakhan R. Masuguppi, Police Inspector.

rogating the girl we realized

Shankar B K, 25, the driver of the

e police Inspector said that

that she has changed her stand

At present the girl’s family has

was registered under section 366,

vicim, is alleged to have kidnapped

since the law binds us to believe

under the influence of her parents.”

made an allegation that three of

376, 344 R/W 34 of Indian Penal

Pooja, 19, a first year Bachelor of

and record whatever the girl says in

e police informant said, “On

them planned and kidnapped the

Code.

Business Administration student of

cases of kidnap, harassment and as-

recording the statement of neigh-

RNS College, Kengeri.

sault, we register the statement and

bors and her friends, we were in-

Deppu from Berohalli and Dipu

said to have the authority but in

follow it accordingly.

formed that she shared close

from Kengeri who have been al-

spite of that at times we turn help-

relationship with Shankar.”

legedly accused of kidnap and rape

less. We hardly have the authority

Shankar, the main accused said “I

are absconding. Shankar the main

to go against them though we know

was in relationship with Pooja but

accused had been in judicial cus-

that the girl has been changing her

it was with her consent.”

tody since October 17 till Novem-

stance.”

Chandrika, mother of the girl said, “e driver and two of his friends kidnapped my daughter and took her away to Coorg in order to extort money from us.” Lakhan R. Masuguppi, the Police

“is creates a lot of biasness,” said Lakhan. He added that the kidnap case registered on October 12 has now become a Kidnap and rape case.

Inspector said, “When we first

An informant to the police, whose

caught Pooja and Shankar, they

identity couldn’t be disclosed for his

e medical tests conducted for rape in Rajarajeshwari Hospital has positive results.

girl and then raped her as well.

ber 30. He is now out on bail. As per the accusation made by the complainant and her family a case

e Police Inspector said, “We are

He added that the kidnap case registered on October 12 has now become a Kidnap and rape case.

Woman betrayed and cheated Sneha Ghosh

fieen lakh rupees in the city. Renuka Garga, 39, a resident of Manjunath Nagar met Amit Roy on an online matrimonial website, Bharat Matrimony in May. ey had been dating for five months following which Amit proposed to her. On September 23, Renuka lodged a FIR at Basveshwaranagar Police Station claiming she had been duped of fieen lakh rupees by the man who had promised to marry her. Renuka has separated from her first husband and applied for divorce. She has a seven-year-old Amit Roy, the man who claimed to be an son. NRI and then cheated Renuka Garga for "Amit used to talk to her fieen lakh rupees. regularly. He told her that he is a widower and wants A woman was tricked into a false a good wife. ey had become marriage and later cheated out of friends following which Renuka

agreed to marry him”, said Ashok B.S., Police Sub-Inspector, Basveshwaranagar Police Station. He added, “e man claimed to be a NRI based in Nigeria who currently lives in Delhi. He said he has an iron-ore business and has crores of rupees in property and bank accounts." Amit allegedly has 17 different bank accounts which include accounts in the Bank of England, Indian Overseas Bank and the Bank of India among others. He asked Renuka to deposit 35 lakh rupees in one of his accounts so that he could clear his bank tax and clearance of business shipment. "He told Renuka he has 7 crore rupees in his account at the Bank of England. When she checked the account she saw that the money had been frozen by bank authorities for lack of payment of bank tax. He told her once he pays the shipment clearance he will give her the money from his account", said Mr. Ashok.

"I had transferred the money online through NEFT to his account in the Bank of England. We were in touch even during Diwali but since then his mobile is unavailable", said Renuka. Following the transfer of money, Jeffrey John Morris, a friend of Amit, had come to meet Renuka in Bangalore. "e man showed her some fake dollar bills worth around 60000 rupees. It is basically ordinary black paper dipped in a solution to resemble dollars." "It is a case of cyber crime. We are trying to locate the IP address through which the money was transferred. A team of four officers had gone to Delhi in the first week of November to investigate the case. We are looking for technical details and waiting for a couple of confirmations following which we will arrest the duo. We know where they live. In a week a team of for officers including myself will be going to Delhi again", said Mr. Ashok.

Renuka used to work in a soware company but has now le her job. "It is all very confusing. I spoke to some one and some other person came to meet me. Even the picture I was shown by Amit was false." "I don't blame the website. e investigation is on; I had gone to Delhi to find out what had happened. May be even the other bank account numbers are fake." "It is a very difficult time. I have a son. I have learnt a very tough lesson from this cruel world." added Renuka. e case has been produced at the Additional Cheif Metropolitan Magistrate's Court following the FIR. Mr. Mahendra, Area Manager, North and South Bangalore, Bharat Matrimony told e Daily Observer, ''We register all details of every client that visits our website. Such incidents are very unfortunate but it is not possible to monitor what intention a person has when registering with our website."


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