Bangalore, June 1: This BMTC conductor used his bagful of tickets to sexually assault women. He befriended women passengers by issuing tickets without collecting the fare, took them to desolate places and sexually assaulted them before robbing them of their valuables.
Following a complaint from a woman victim, Yeshwantpur police arrested Siddartha Veeraiah, a resident of Chikkasandra and native of Anaji in Davanagere.
Police suspect that the accused might have even raped several of his victims.
Siddartha was appointed as a BMTC conductor in 2007 on a permanent basis and is the father of two children, police said. "He seems to be a sex maniac. He has confessed to have molested victims at desolates places like Jnanabharathi, Hesaraghatta and Kengeri," investigating police officers said.
"The woman who came to us accused him of attempt to rape . We have to investigate and question other victims ," they said . Siddartha worked as a conductor in depot numbers 17, 07, 08 and 30 . "He usually worked on Yeshwantpur-Majestic and Mathikere-Majestic routes ," police added.
How the accused landed in the net
The accused had promised Mallika (name changed) he would get her a woman conductor's job in BMTC.
"Mallika gave him photocopies of her degree marks cards. On May 15, the accused asked her to drop by at the Yeshwantpur BMTC bus terminal. He took her to an empty room and attempted to rape her," police said. After Mallika put up stiff resistance, Siddartha snatched her gold chain and fled from the spot after locking the woman up in the room. Mallika managed to get out of the room by alerting passersby and later filed a complaint with Yeshwantpur police.
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