Davangere, July 16 -- The Davangere Women Police in Karantaka's Davangere district, on Thursday, registered a First Information Report (FIR) against a local gym owner for allegedly blackmailing and repeatedly sexually assaulting a 30-year-old housewife.

According to the police report, the complainant said she had been attending the gym located near Durgambika School in Nituvalli for the past one and a half years and accused the owner-cum-trainer of sexually exploiting women members, secretly recording private moments and blackmailing victims using photos and videos.

The accused allegedly captured nude videos and photographs of the victim without her consent inside the gym's changing room. The complainant stated that over the last three ...