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When their meetings turned personal, Sridevi Rudagi used them to extort Rs 4 lakh from him. Then, in January, she demanded Rs 15 lakh.
Sridevi Rudagi has been sent to judicial custody for 14 days. (Image Credit: X)
A Bengaluru teacher was arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a student’s parent with whom she had been having an affair.
Sridevi Rudagi (25) and two others – Ganesh Kale, 38, and Sagar, 28 – were arrested for allegedly extorting Rs 4 lakh from a student’s father and then blackmailing him with photos and videos of their encounters.
The victim was a trader who lived with his wife and three daughters. He had enrolled his five-year-old in the school in 2023 when he met Sridevi Rudagi during the admission process. He said that she kept in touch and they began exchanging messages with him as well as talking to him on video calls.
When their meetings turned personal, Sridevi Rudagi used them to extort Rs 4 lakh from him. Then, in January, she demanded Rs 15 lakh.
The victim then decided to relocate his family to Gujarat for which he needed the child’s Transfer Certificate.
When he went to collect the same, he was cornered by the three accused and shown private photographs and videos. The accused then demanded Rs 20 lakh from him.
He then transferred Rs 1.9 lakh but the demands continued. When Sridevi Rudagi kept pestering him for more money, the victim called the police.
The accused have been sent to judicial custody for 14 days.
