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'Astrologer' arrested for raping, duping homemaker

Last Updated 22 May 2017, 18:46 IST

 A 31-year-old man was arrested for repeatedly raping and duping a woman on the pretext of solving her domestic problems.

The suspect, Prasanna Kumar alias Karthik, is a resident of Kamalanagar in western Bengaluru. The police have recovered Rs 14 lakh, jewellery weighing 300 gram, a bike and a washing machine from him.

Karthik used to sell incense sticks to collect donations for an organisation working for the welfare of physically challenged people. He met the victim in November 2016.
He claimed to be an astrologer and a doctor. The self-styled astrologer convinced her that he had attained supernatural powers by propitiating a goddess.

He told her that he had studied her face and found that she was suffering from domestic problems. He claimed he would solve her problems by performing a special puja.

“He gathered information about her family and learnt that her son was suffering from epilepsy. He took the help of a woman who contacted the victim and spoke very highly of the suspect. He repeatedly visited the victim’s house whenever her husband was away and became close to her,” said DCP (west) M N Anucheth.

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. 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.

He took two gold necklaces, six bangles and three rings as donation and demanded Rs 20 lakh for performing the puja. He took the credit card of the victim’s husband and drew Rs 20 lakh using the card, police said.

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, who lodged a complaint with the police.

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(Published 22 May 2017, 18:46 IST)

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