Bengaluru: Four Passengers rob Ola cab driver, force his wife to undress for them on video call
Bengaluru, Dec 02: When Ola cab driver Somashekhar got a booking for going to Bengaluru’s Adugodi to Dommasandra on Friday night, little did he know that it would turn out to be the worst experience of his life. The four men who boarded his cab at 10.30pm robbed him off all his money, thrashed him and asked his wife to strip for them on a video call and took screenshots of it.
When the car reached the destination at around 10.30 pm, the passengers asked the driver to drive towards their home. As he drove little distance, the accused attacked him and snatched everything. They even took his car key and started driving.
"They drove the car for around 100 km. They snatched all my money. I had Rs 9,000 in my bank account. But they wanted more and asked me to get it from friends. I had Rs 20,000 rupees in my Paytm account. I called a relative, sent the money to him via Paytm and asked him to transfer the money to my bank account, which these men have withdrawn," said Somashekhar
Four passengers booked the Ola cab to go to Dommasandra from Adugodi, around 22 km, in Bengaluru on Friday night. They boarded the cab at 10.30 pm. While going, they thrashed driver Somashekar, snatched his money and mobile phone and asked his wife to undress for them on a video call. Later, they even took screen shots of the video.
Somashekhar was taken to a lodge in Channapatna in Ramanagara district on Saturday morning. Later, he excused himself to go the washroom and escaped from there by jumping out of the toilet window.
He went to a nearby police station and narrated his ordeal. But by the time Channapatna police reached the spot, the men had fled the scene. A case has been registered at Adugodi police station.
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Bengaluru: Four arrested for housebreaking, threats, extortion; fake PSI among accused
Bengaluru: Vidyaranyapura police have arrested four persons, including a man posing as a Police Sub-Inspector (PSI), for allegedly breaking into a house, threatening the occupants, and extorting money while wearing police uniforms.
The arrested accused have been identified as Mallikarjuna, Pramod, Vinay, and Hrithik.
Police said the accused had hatched a plan to pose as police personnel, conduct fake raids, and extort money from residents by intimidation.
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According to the police, Mallikarjuna had failed the PSI examination twice and later falsely projected himself as a PSI. He allegedly conducted photo shoots in his hometown, Siraguppa, wearing a police uniform, baton, cap, and shoes, claiming to be serving as a PSI in Bengaluru.
On December 7, the four accused allegedly went to the house of Naveen in the Vidyaranyapura limits, threatened him with a stick and an iron rod, and claimed they had information that he was selling ganja. Under the pretext of searching, they allegedly extorted ₹87,000 through bank transfer, ₹53,000 in cash kept in the house, and ₹2,000 from his wallet.
Following Naveen’s complaint, Vidyaranyapura police registered a case and launched an operation, leading to the arrest of all four accused. Police have seized ₹45,000 in cash and the car used to commit the crime.
Further investigation is underway.
