Overview
- Bengaluru police arrested Haniyur Chandregowda, a Ramanagara Child Welfare Committee member, after a woman's complaint at the Rajarajeshwari Nagar police station.
- Investigators say he used false identities, including posing as a police officer, a lawyer, a media worker and a Superintendent of Police, to gain trust and deceive women.
- Police recovered more than 20 intimate videos and photos from his phone and allege he recorded private moments without consent to blackmail victims.
- One victim reported he took about Rs 5 lakh, misused her Aadhaar, rented a home using her documents, and added his name to her daughter's education records.
- An FIR cites Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 69 for sexual intercourse by deceitful means and 204 for impersonating a public servant, and the inquiry now looks for further victims and forged papers.