Summary:
Before he handed over the bag with dollars, he showed Krishne Gowda a few dollar bills and took his bag with Rs two lakh.The two men left from there advising the auto-driver not to check the bag in public as he could become a victim of robbery due to the high demand for dollars. After looking around furtively, the man said he would return with the dollars in a few minutes.After sometime, he arrived with another man and gave Krishne Gowda a bag. She told the driver that she did not know many foreign exchange firms in the city and sought his help to get her dollars exchanged to rupees.She told him that she needed Rs two lakh urgently to look after her children who were unwell. She added that she would give him dollars in exchange, more than the exchange value of Rs two lakh and he could make a neat Rs 4 lakh,” said a police officer who is a part of the investigation.She left after they had exchanged phone numbers. But the woman claimed that she did not have Indian currency as she was paid in dollars at her work place in Bengaluru.When the driver suggested that she get the money exchanged, she agreed and he took her to a currency exchange firm on MG Road..