Mohan Kumar has been arrested.
Bengaluru:
Religion in her boyfriend and his promise of marrying her has led to a 20-year-old from Bengaluru dropping Rs 2.5 crore of her household’s cash. The boyfriend used movies of him getting intimate along with her to blackmail her into additionally giving him jewelry, costly watches and even a high-end automotive.
The blackmail continued for months till the sufferer couldn’t take it anymore and approached the police not too long ago, resulting in the boyfriend’s arrest.
Police officers mentioned the lady, who’s now 20, met her boyfriend Mohan Kumar once they had been each in boarding college. They turned good mates, however misplaced contact. They met once more years later and fell in love.
Kumar promised the lady that he would marry her and the couple went on journeys collectively. Throughout such journeys, Kumar made movies of them getting intimate, assuring her that he was solely doing it for himself.
In among the movies, Kumar ensured that his face was not seen after which started utilizing them to blackmail the lady. He threatened he would add the movies until he was given giant sums of cash.
Shaken, the lady secretly withdrew Rs 1.25 crore from her grandmother’s account and transferred it to some accounts given by Kumar. Because the blackmail continued, she additionally gave him a complete of Rs 1.32 crore in money on totally different events.
Kumar’s calls for didn’t cease, nevertheless, and he made the lady give him costly watches, jewelry and a luxurious automotive. He even bought cash transferred to his father’s account a number of occasions.
“When Kumar continued to make calls for, the sufferer gathered the braveness to strategy the police and file a criticism. Mohan Kumar has been arrested,” mentioned an official.
Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayanand mentioned, “This was a well-planned crime. The accused extorted Rs 2.57 crore, of which Rs 80 lakh has been recovered.”