BENGALURU: A young woman and her gang were arrested for playing a drama to get her ex-boyfriend's phone. Twenty-nine-year-old P Shruti (29) from Bhoganahalli area of Bengaluru was arrested along with her accomplices Manoj Kumar, Suresh Kumar, Honnappa and Venkatesh. The private pictures of the young woman were in the phone of her ex-boyfriend. The woman had told the police that there had been an accident and at this time thieves had stolen the phone. The incident related to the case took place on September 20.

Shruti told the police that the thieves escaped with the mobile phone after the car crashed into the vehicle in which she and her ex-boyfriend were travelling but the police found that there was no accident that day at the place mentioned by the woman. Instead, it was found that four persons stopped the bike, stole the phone and ran away.

The police arrested the accused Manoj. He admitted that he had taken the mobile phone along with his accomplices and revealed that Shruti had paid him Rs 1.1 lakh. This is how the truth came out.

The woman told the police that when she broke up with her boyfriend, she was afraid that he would misuse her private pictures in the future and that is why she planned such a drama. The ex-boyfriend assured the woman that the photos had been deleted but refused to hand over the phone. Following this, Shruti asked Manoj who was working in her house for help.