Man arrested on charges of robbing home-lone woman

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A stalker has been arrested for targeting a woman who lived alone, and robbing her at knifepoint.

The accused was identified as Joshua, a resident of Guruppanpalya here. According to police sources, the accused attacked and robbed the Sector 5, HSR Layout resident.

The accused followed the woman around before planning to rob her house. On the day, he noticed her returning to her house after dropping her children to school in the area.

The woman had the keys to her house. Knowing that no one else was in the house, the accused followed the victim and forcefully entered her house.

Claiming that the victim's husband owed him Rs 5 lakh, the accused began threatening the woman with a knife. In her complaint, the victim stated that even before she could come to terms with what was happening, the accused grabbed the jewellery she was wearing after throwing chilli powder in her eyes.

The suspect then fled the spot. Police retrieved footage of Joshua's movements from a nearby CCTV camera and traced him. He was arrested and is currently being interrogated by the police.

Police said that during interrogation, the accused confessed to have sold the robbed jewellery to rowdy-sheeters Ravindran and Ashwin for Rs 40,000.

Joshua had used the money to register a new company ironically called Great Job. During questioning, Joshua confessed to the police that opening the company was his motive behind the robbery.