Overview
- Investigators say a 39-year-old businessman from Maddur, now living in Bengaluru’s Chamarajpet, was lured to Madikeri by a woman he met on Facebook.
- Before the meeting, the man transferred Rs 10,000 in two payments to the woman, after which he was called to a house where the alleged assault occurred.
- The complaint states he was stripped, assaulted, filmed, and threatened at toy gunpoint with a demand for Rs 50 lakh and a warning that a nude video would be uploaded if he refused.
- The victim fled wearing only underwear to the Madikeri Town Police Station, and CCTV footage reportedly captured suspects attempting to force him into an autorickshaw; police have seized clubs and a knife.
- Police say four suspects are in custody, naming Rachana, her mother Malathi, B.A. Darshan Rai, and S. Ravi, and a case has been registered under BNS provisions as the search continues for two others.