Daijiworld Media Network-Bengaluru (RJP)
Bengaluru, May 23: A fake astrologer was arrested for repeatedly raping and duping a woman on the pretext of solving her domestic problems.
Prasanna Kumar alias Karthik (31), a resident of Kamalanagar in western Bengaluru, is the person accused.
The police have recovered Rs 14 lac cash, jewellery weighing 300 grams, a bike and a washing machine from him.
Karthik used to sell incense sticks to collect donations for an organization working for the welfare of physically challenged people. He first met the victim in November 2016.
Karthik claimed that he was an astrologer and a doctor. He convinced the woman that he had attained supernatural powers by propitiating a goddess.
He also told her that he had studied her face and found that she was going through some domestic problems. He promised her that would solve all her problems by performing a special puja.
He gathered information about her family and learnt that her son was suffering from epilepsy. He asked a woman to contact the victim and to speak highly about him.
After gaining the confidence of the victim, he repeatedly visited her house whenever her husband was away. During one such visit, he forced her to smoke a cigarette laced with a sedative. Karthik asked her to undress and took nude pictures of her.
Later he told her he had analysed her pictures on the computer and claimed that her son was suffering from epilepsy due to problems in her body. He offered to solve her problems and her son’s epilepsy through his supernatural powers if she slept with him. Karthik said he will perform a puja before sleeping with her and she obliged.
Karthik took two gold necklaces, six bangles and three rings as donation and demanded Rs 20 lac for performing the puja. He took the credit card of the victim’s husband and drew Rs 20 lac using the card.
As per police complaint, Karthik raped her seven times whenever she was alone in the house. After some time, the victim realised she was duped by him and informed her husband.
Her husband lodged a complaint with the police and the arrest of Karthik was made subsequently.