Bengaluru shame: School Bus driver arrested for raping college girl

Bengaluru, Nov 12: As women safety has become one of the prime concern in the IT hub Bengaluru, another blot came on Tuesday when a 28-year-old school bus driver was arrested for raping and blackmailing a 19-year-old college girl.

According to TOI report, the accused Sanjeev Murthy raped the girl on October 25, Tuesday, when he saw her with one of her male friend near Omkara Hills, Kengeri, off Mysore Road.

He then started blackmailing her with the photos and demanded extortion money from her.

He even threatened her to circulate her photographs on the social media websites, after which the girl kept silent and did not confide the horrific story to anyone.

The accused driver started making calls to her demanding more and more money and girl used to succumb to her money demands.

Later, the harassed girl mustered the courage to narrate her ordeal to one of her family member who is associated with a pro-Kannada organization.

The case was registered at Kengeri police station and the accused was arrested and booked for rape, extortion, attempt to murder and blackmail.

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