BENGALURU: Two transgenders have been arrested for robbing gold jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh by threatening an occupant of a house in Chandra Layout.
A private company employee, Harshavardhan, was living with a family in Nagarabhavi. On October 22, the family members had to go to Tamil Nadu and they had given the house keys to Harshavardhan who was staying with them.
Harshavardhan had chatted through the dating app Grindr and called a girl to the friend’s house. He had booked thinking it is a girl, but a transgender arrived at the house wearing a mask, only after coming inside house it was known that it is transgender.
The first one who came, called another transgender to the house. On questioning them, the transgenders had shown knife to Harshavardhan and threatened to kill him. They stole 226 grams gold jewellery worth Rs 20 lakh which was in kept in a cupboard in the house and escaped.
Based on a complaint from the house owner, a case registered and accused transgenders Nazia and Syed Moushin were arrested.
