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Bengaluru Gym Trainer, 28, Dies by Suicide as Police Probe Blackmail Claim

Police are reviewing the family's claim that a 42-year-old woman kept blackmailing him after an earlier settlement.

Overview

  • The death surfaced when his sister received an Instagram message from a woman named Yogitha, and relatives forced open his room and found him dead.
  • Relatives say he met a 42-year-old married woman at a gym who then demanded money and property through threats.
  • The family says police once brokered a mutual settlement in the presence of the woman's husband, yet they claim the harassment continued.
  • Officers and forensic staff examined the room, sent the body for postmortem, and registered a case while the inquiry continues.
  • News reports note a recent similar suicide of a 26-year-old trainer, a comparison used for context while this investigation seeks factual findings.