Hyderabad woman used Apple AirTag to stalk TV anchor, here's how she kidnapped the man

Fake matrimonial profile, ₹40 lakh scam, and a promise of good returns resulted in stalking and kidnapping of a TV anchor by a woman. On Saturday, Uppal police arrested a 31-year-old businesswoman along with her four accomplices for their alleged involvement in the cyber stalking and kidnapping of a man named Pranav Sistla.

The woman allegedly used Apple AirTag to stalk the man and took help from four people to kidnap the TV anchor. Police said that the 31-year-old woman is identified as Bhogoreddy Trisha. She runs a digital marketing company and is a managing director of five other companies.

All of this began two years ago when Trisha came in contact with an unknown person identified as Chaitanya Reddy through the Bharat Matrimony website. The man used TV anchor Pranav Sistla's photos to con the woman.

As Trisha started talking to the conman on WhatsApp and Instagram, he allegedly asked her to invest some amount in his business with a promise of good returns.

Trisha agreed to the deal and transferred ₹40 lakh after which the conman started ignoring her texts. This made the woman realise that she was defrauded by the man. After this, she dialled the contact number that was provided on the matrimonial website which connected her to Pranav Sistla.

Sistla told Trisha that the conman used his pictures to create a fake matrimonial website and it was not him who duped her of money. He also informed Trisha about lodging a cyber complaint for the same as well.

However, Trisha continued texting Sistla and that led him to block her number. As Trisha's number was blocked, she came up with the plan of abducting Sistla.

She made an office employee of her company place an Apple AirTag on Sistla's vehicle to track his movements. On February 11, the hired men abducted Sistla and took him to Trisha's office. They subjected him to physical assault.

Sistla then promised to respond to Trisha's messages and calls. After that, he was let off. Soon after this, Sistla rushed to the police station to report the incident and a case was registered against Trisha. She has been arrested and will now be sent to the court.

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