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Bengaluru PG Attack: Fellow Resident Arrested on Charges of Stabbing, Sexual Assault and Extortion

Forensic phone analysis is pending, with cross-complaints complicating the probe.

Overview

  • Police arrested Sai Babu Chennuru, 37, after a 24-year-old co-resident reported an attack inside the Pro4Living PG in Whitefield around 3 a.m. on September 16.
  • The complaint says he forced entry, stabbed her in the back, disrobed her, took photos on his phone, and issued death threats.
  • She alleged a demand for Rs 70,000 and an unauthorized transfer of Rs 14,000 from her Google Pay account to his.
  • Doctors at Manipal Hospital filed a medico-legal report, and police booked the accused under BNS provisions for attempt to murder, sexual offences, extortion, and criminal trespass.
  • Investigators seized the suspect’s phone for FSL examination, and a separate assault FIR names PG staff after his counter-complaint alleging he was beaten.