FB-savvy rowdy held for raping, extorting minor in Bengaluru

TNN | Apr 16, 2020, 06:19 IST

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BENGALURU: A 26-year-old rowdy landed in police custody for allegedly raping and blackmailing a minor girl from Bengaluru and extorting Rs 57,000 and 500 grams of gold from her.
B Dhanush alias Abhishek Gowda of Madhugiri taluk in Tumakuru district had at least 50 homemakers and girls on his Facebook friends list. He allegedly blackmailed several of them after enticing them into a relationship with him.

Dhanush, who also worked as a part-time cab driver with a travel agency in Tumakuru, faces11criminalcases,including for attempt to murder, burglary and robbery.
Police have recovered a laptop, a mobile phone and 272 grams of gold from him. “We suspect that Dhanush had stolen the laptop from a house in Tumakuru,” police said.
Forced girl to give gold, cash
Earlier this week, a 42-year-old woman filed a complaint with Nandini Layout police in North division, alleging that the accused had raped her 17-year-old daughter and blackmailed her after filming the act. He befriended the girl on Facebook in November 2019, identifying himself as Abhishek Gowda of Rajajinagar II Block. Gradually, the two became close friends.
In January this year, Abhishek took the girl to a hotel in Rajajinagar and raped her. He filmed the act and began blackmailing her by threatening to upload the video on social media. Worried, the girl stole gold and cash from her house and handed them to Abhishek. Later, the girl’s mother found that Rs 57,000 and 500 grams of gold ornaments were missing. When questioned, the girl narrated the entire incident.
Based on the complaint, police arrested Dhanush from his house in Madhugiri.