Gym trainer booked for cheating techie promising him to get a six pack in Bengaluru

Pramesh S Jain.Yogesh K Porwar

The South Division police of Girinagar police have booked a gym trainer for cheating a 26-year-old techie offering him to help get a six pack .

The victim,Koushik K,stated in his complaint that he got enrolled in the empower fitness centre and paid the fee of Rs 3,000 for three months.

The accused offered to help him get the desired results within three months and took Rs 1.4 lakh.

Since the accused Mohan Kumar was not a certified trainer and due to an unscientific exercise routine,Kaushik developed health complications and was under medical treatment for one week .

Later Mohan Kumar forced him to get a personal loan of Rs 6 lakh to help him and promised to pay him in instalments.

Initially Kumar paid a few instalments but later refused to pay following which Kaushik started getting calls from the banks to repay the loan.

When Koushik confronted Mohan threatened him with dire consequences and refused to pay a total of Rs 6.2 lakh dues he said in his complaint.

Senior officer told reporters,Based on the complaint the police summoned Mohan Kumar and questioned him.

Mohan claimed that the duo had entered an agreement to run the gym in partnership and Koushik invested money.

As per the agreement the duo was supposed to share the profit but due to covid pandemic the business was under loss.

The police have now asked Mohan to get the agreement papers and released documents for further investigations.