Bank officials held for blackmailing woman in Bengaluru

Bengaluru | Saturday | 21st April, 2018

Summary:

BENGALURU: Police arrested two deputy managers of a private bank for allegedly blackmailing a woman colleague over a video that showed her in a compromising position with one of them. Police filed a case, arrested Choudhari and Jha and remanded them to judicial custody. “When the victim tried to dissuade her, she threatened the victim.”Choudhari and Jha have been booked for stalking, criminal intimidation and outraging the modesty of a woman. Sleuths said Jha confessed to recording the video, and Choudhari admitted to blackmailing the woman.Police are probing the role of the woman’s roommate (name withheld) as Choudhari had shown the video to her. “The complainant alleges that her roommate told many of her friends aboutthe video,” an officer said..