Man poses both as friend and boyfriend, dupes woman

BENGALURU: A man cheated a woman out of Rs 7 lakh posing both as a friend and also her boyfriend. When the woman spoke with him on an audio call, she realised that he had not only cheated, but also sexually harassed her. As soon as the truth was revealed, the woman in Bengaluru filed a complaint against him.

The accused Ritesh D’Souza, alias Dhanush alias Vijay posed in two different roles on Instagram. The accused, who was a friend of the woman on Instagram, pretended to be in financial trouble saying that his son was unwell and asked her for money. He then said that his friend Vijay would come to collect the money. Similarly, the woman had given Rs 1.5 lakh near the BDA complex in another instance.

After that, Vijay and the young woman became close as they exchanged their numbers and got married. He offered to have sex with her as they are getting married anyway, but the woman refused and he had apologized.

After a few days, Vijay said that Ritesh was in trouble and that he had given him money. Vijay also told her to help Ritesh. After this, the woman made an online payment to Ritesh by mortgaging gold ornaments. However, when Ritesh wished her on Raksha Bandhan over a phone call, she realized that he was the same person posing as Vijay.

The woman then filed a complaint at the Jnana Bharathi police station, alleging that Ritesh a.k.a. Vijay had cheated her of money and also tried to take advantage of her sexually.