IPL: Ashok ‘son’ infiltrates VIP box

Apr 17, 2012 |

Bengaluru

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crime
IPL

A 23-year-old betel leaf seller’s “confidence level” in claiming to be the son of home minister R. Ashok allowed him to sit along side Royal Challengers Bangalore team owner Siddarth Mallya and watch two back to back IPL matches at the Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru. But he ran out of luck after an alert cop nabbed him on Sunday night.

The accused, Rakesh Gowda alias Umesh from a slum near Jayanagar, was arrested along with his friend Satish alias Varun (36). Umesh called up Devaraj, ACP (Cubbon Park), claiming to be Mr Ashok’s son. Umesh told the officer that the minister’s house had not got the tickets and the officer would be in trouble.

Mr Devaraj said, “I told him to contact the event management company or Javagal Srinath, secretary, Karnataka State Cricket Association. At the stadium, policemen showed me the accused and said that he was the home minister’s son. An office-bearer of the event management company handed three tickets, each costing Rs 55,000, to Rakesh. I contacted the home minister’s staff, who told me Mr Ashok’s son is not named Rakesh. Since he had called from his mobile phone, I found that his address to be Jayanagar slum. I confronted him. He claimed to be the son of home minister’s sister. Later he said he was minister’s sister-in-law’s son. He then admitted to the crime and said he did it just to enjoy a lavish lifestyle.

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