B'luru: 24-year-old woman stabbed, sexually harassed, extorted by fellow resident in Whitefield PG
Bengaluru: A 24-year-old woman was allegedly stabbed, sexually harassed, and extorted by a fellow PG resident in Whitefield earlier this week.
The police arrested Sai Babu Chennuru, 37, an Andhra Pradesh native, as reported by Deccan Herald on Saturday.
The woman, a private bank analyst, said the incident took place around 3:00 a.m. on Tuesday at a PG in White Rose Layout. She had opened the door after hearing the doorbell, thinking it was a friend. Chennuru allegedly pushed his way inside, locked the door behind him, and threatened her with a knife.
The police statements reportedly reveal that he stabbed the left side of her back, undressed her, clicked explicit photos and attempted to force her into sexual acts.
After threatening to kill her and take his own life, he extorted Rs 14,000 from her UPI account and demanded an additional Rs 70,000 before fleeing the scene.
A friend rushed her to a private hospital, where she gave her statement to the police. “The police registered cases for trespass, extortion, attempted murder and molestation,” DH quoted an officer close to the investigation as saying.
The case grew complex after the suspect, who alleged that he was in a two-month relationship with the woman, filed a counter-complaint, alleging assault by PG staff and residents.
He alleged that PG staff members Pradeep and Shiva, along with three others, assaulted him around 10:30 p.m. that night. The attack, he claimed, involved the use of hands, wire, and iron rods, resulting in serious injuries to his hands, legs, and face. He was later hospitalised. His version led to the filing of a second FIR.
Police confirmed that the two were known to each other. The investigation is ongoing to verify both versions of the incident, while the suspect remains in custody.
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PM Modi, myself don't have 'wife issue': Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi (PTI): In a friendly banter, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and he didn’t have "the wife issue", as the Congress MP emphasised that everyone has learnt from women in their lives.
Participating in a debate in the Lok Sabha on the three bills introduced for amendments to the women's quota law and setting up a delimitation commission, Gandhi said women are a driving force in the national imagination and national perspective.
"All of us in this room have been influenced, taught, and have learnt a lot from women in our lives – from mothers, sisters, wives," Gandhi said.
"Of course, the prime minister and myself don't have the wife issue, so we don't get that input, but we have our mothers and sisters," he said while referring to Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju's light-hearted remark that he got a scolding at home as he did not pen a poem for his wife like Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal did.
Gandhi also lauded his sister and Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi's speech in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.
"Yesterday, I was watching my sister achieve in five minutes what I have not been able to do in 20 years of my political career – make Amit Shah Ji smile," Gandhi said to peals of laughter.
