Bengaluru: Perv auto driver assaults teen boy

Bengaluru: A pervert auto driver, who allegedly sexually assaulted a 19-year-old boy, also his passenger, and video-recorded the act to blackmail him, has been arrested by the CK Achukattu police.

The accused, H.S. Rajesh, a resident of Ittamadu, allegedly forcibly removed the boy's clothes, gagged and sexually assaulted him. 

The arrest was made after the teenager shared the ordeal with his employer, who advised him to file a police complaint. 

Rajesh and the victim, who works at a private company, knew each other as the victim frequently hired the auto from outside his office. 

On May 23, the victim, as usual, hired Rajesh's auto from Girinagar to go to his friend's house. Rajesh, whose wife along with children had gone to her parent's house, took the victim to his residence saying that his clothes were dirty and that he needed to change them.

The victim agreed as Rajesh's house was on the way to his friend's house. After reaching home, Rajesh asked the victim to wait in the auto while he went to his house on the fourth floor of a building in Ittamadu. 

A few minutes later, Rajesh called the victim to have tea. When the victim went up, he found Rajesh naked. 

As the victim tried to step out of the house, Rajesh pulled him in and locked the door. 

He then forcibly removed the victim's clothes, gagged him and sexually assaulted the teenager, the police said.

Rajesh also video-recorded the victim naked and blackmailed him saying that if he told anyone about the incident, he would share the clip on the internet. 

The teenager, after staying quiet for a few days, gathered courage and shared the ordeal with his employer, who advised him to file a police complaint, leading to Rajesh's arrest. 

Rajesh was arrested from his hometown Melkote, where he was hiding after learning that the victim had approached the police.