BENGALURU: A 32-year-old businessman from Tumakuru allegedly kidnapped his sister-in-law after she refused to continue her alleged affair with him or marry him.
Cops arrested him and two associates for assisting him. They are in judicial custody now.
This is the second time that the accused kidnapped the 20-year-old, police said. In August 2021, he abducted her saying he would marry her. Based on a complaint filed by the woman’s father, an agriculturist from Tumakuru, Hebbur police in Tumakuru district rescued her and arrested the accused, who was released on bail later.
According to police, the businessman had married the woman’s elder sister a few years ago.
However, he and the woman had an affair, which came to light later. Depressed over their relationship, the businessman’s wife distanced herself from him and later filed a harassment case with Tumakuru women’s police station saying her husband was demanding dowry.
Seeing her sister getting separated from her husband, the woman too distanced herself from the family and came to Bengaluru.
“Owing to family disputes, the woman came to Bengaluru this year and lived with her uncle in Sahakarnagar. There, she worked as an assistant with a mega mart near Kodigehalli. On the night of January 22, the woman was coming home from work when the accused kidnapped her in his car. A colleague of the victim, who was present with her, alerted her father. He filed a complaint,” a police source said.
By Sunday afternoon, police traced the businessman and his car with the victim in it.
