The Mahadevapura police on Friday arrested a 23-year-old woman in connection with the death of software engineer S. Sreerag (25), whose body was found in his car in AECS Layout, off Whitefield, Tuesday morning.
The police said the arrested woman was Gayathri alias Jennifer, a K.R. Puram resident and a team leader with a telemarketing firm in Indiranagar.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (East) T.G. Krishna Bhat said she has been charged with impersonation.
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The police suspect that HP employee Sreerag, a native of Kozhikode in Kerala, committed suicide after his marriage proposal was turned down by Gayathri, whom he had met on a social network website in January. She had introduced herself as Jennifer and had emailed her friend's photograph to him, claiming that it was her. A smitten Sreerag started texting and chatting with her without ever seeing her.
When he proposed marriage a few days ago, she turned him down saying she was engaged to a London resident. A dejected Sreerag, police suspect, ended his life. He was found on the rear seat of his car near a park in AECS Layout where he had rented a house. His face was covered with four plastic covers and sealed with several layers of duct tape. A teddy bear, purportedly a gift for Jennifer, was found in the car.
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