Bengaluru: Model leaves colleague on road, flees with Rs 3 lakh, mobiles

BENGALURU: A 30-year-old model sped away with cash worth Rs 3 lakh and two mobile phones belonging to a colleague from Mumbai after asking the latter to get down from her car to get a blanket from the trunk. This happened near Satellite Bus Station on Mysuru Road, Byatarayanapura in the wee hours of Monday.
Navi Mumbai resident and model Rupa Rizaul Sheik has lodged a complaint against her friend Suphiya aka Maya.
Rupa told police she had earned Rs 3 lakh from modelling assignments after arriving in Bengaluru 15 days ago. She was staying in a hotel in central business district. “My friend Chandini introduced Suphiya to me recently. Suphiya promised me a modelling assignment for Rs 70,000, apart from other benefits. She called me around 10am on Sunday and asked me to vacate the hotel room, telling me I could stay with her in her rental house in Suddaguntepalya. She sent a cab and I vacated the room,” Rupa stated in her complaint.
Later, Rupa requested Suphiya to take her to an ATM kiosk to deposit cash. “She told me to rest for a while. I asked her again around 8pm and she suggested we have dinner first. Suphiya took me out around 12am to deposit the money. She drove for at least two hours and finally stopped the vehicle in front of Satellite Bus Station near Byatarayanapura. With a clear intention of cheating me, Suphiya asked me to take out a blanket from her car trunk. I left my bag containing cash and two mobiles inside the car and got down. Suphiya sped away as soon as I stepped out,” Rupa stated in the complaint.
Byatarayanapura police have taken up a case of cheating against Suphiya. They found she had vacated her house in Suddaguntepalya. “We have asked her landlord to furnish details about Suphiya. We are making efforts to trace her,” an investigating officer said.