Pune Crime: Techie robbed of Rs 2.5 lakh by driving tutor during lesson

A mundane lesson went terribly off road in the Kondhwa area in Pune early on Tuesday morning when a driving instructor robbed a young techie under the pretext of teaching her how to manage the wheels of her carAs per a report in Pune Mirror the accused along with an asyet unidentified accomplice drove 35yearold Sridevi Rao to an isolated area and forcibly made her transfer money via her phone to his account got cash out of an ATM with her card and also looted the gold jewellery she was wearing divesting her of Rs 25 lakh in totalAlso readPune womanrsquos eyes damaged while fighting molesterThe accused instructor was known to the family and had been teaching the software engineer how to drive for the last eight days She is in the city visiting her parents for Diwali holidays On Tuesday afternoon a case in this regard was registered at Kondhwa police station PS against one Rajesh Singh and another unknown man who came along as Singhrsquos sidekick to the crimePolice informed ldquoThe kidnap and looting incident took place between 830 am and 1130 am Thereafter 35yearold Sridevi Rao filed the complaint with us She works with an IT company in Bengaluru Her parents live in Kondhwa and she had come visiting them on the occasion of Diwali The complainantrsquos father is an exarmyman Her driving instructor Singh is known to the father and for the last eight days she was taking driving lessons from him However taking advantage of the good faith shared the accused kidnapped the woman in her own car with the help of a friend and robbed her of a couple of lakh rupees at knifepointrdquoAlso readPune crime 23yearold transgender beaten up verbally abused by 4 menThe complainant told cops that Rajesh Singh her driving instructor for a week drove her to an isolated spot with an accomplice He made her transfer Rs 40000 via GPay took out Rs 10000 with her ATM card and stole her gold jewellery worth Rs 2 lakh According to the first information report FIR she had been learning to drive in her familyrsquos van accused Rajesh would come early every morning to her society on his twowheeler and they would take the complainantrsquos car out for lessons On Tuesday morning the accused brought along a male friend and told the complainant that they would be teaching her how to drive her Fiat car insteadSuspecting nothing amiss she agreed to the lesson Singh explained his friendrsquos presence saying the man had to be dropped off at a bus stop on the way Soon they took the car via an isolated route in Undri under the pretext of teaching her to drive without too much traffic around At some point during the lesson when the complainant faced a few difficulties Singh insisted that he would drive for a bit Thereafter he zoomed off to a lonely spot where they threatened the woman with a sharp weapon demanding Rs 50000The woman stated in her complaint ldquoI told them I do not have the money as I had forgotten my wallet at home At this point Rajesh started taking the car towards my house My parents had gone to Hyderabad for a couple of days Midway he stopped the vehicle tied my hands and gagged my mouth He then demanded that the money be transferred via Google Pay and snatched my mobile phone He demanded all required passwords and attempted to transfer the amount but was unable to do so for the entire sum Then he transferred Rs 20000 in two batches amounting to Rs 40000rdquoThe FIR added ldquoHowever he was not done He demanded more money and I repeated that my purse was not with me He then took the car to my house took the keys from me and went in only to return with my purse Rajesh drove me to an ATM machine and withdrew Rs 10000 from my account He then went to a shop and bought a cutter so that he could cut my four gold rings from my finger he also took my gold chain The jewellery alone was worth Rs 2 lakh or so Finally around 1130 am he dumped me outside my parentsrsquo house in the same state I somehow managed to untie my hands and informed my parents about the incident After that I went and informed the copsrdquoSenior police inspector SPI Sardar Patil of Kondhwa PS said ldquoCash and good worth Rs 25 lakh in total were looted from the complainant We are investigating the matter and searching for both accused A case is registered under sections 363 kidnapping and 394 robbery of the Indian Penal Code IPCrdquoKeep scrolling to read more newsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates MidDay is now on Telegram Click here to join our channel middayinfomedialtd and stay updated with the latest news