Bengaluru/IBNS, April 2 -- A Bengaluru teacher has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing and extorting money from a student's father with whom she had been having an affair.

The Central Crime Branch arrested 25-year-old Sridevi Rudagi and two others- Ganesh Kale, 38, and Sagar, 28 - on charges of extortion of Rs 4 lakh from the student's father.

They also blackmailed him with photos and videos of their encounters for another Rs. 20 lakh.

According to the police, the victim, a trader living in a western Bengaluru neighbourhood with his wife and three daughters, had enrolled his youngest, a five-year-old, in the school in 2023.

Eventually, their meetings turned personal and Rudagi then extorted Rs. 4 lakh from him.

Then, in January,...