24.10.2026 19:40
A 26-year-old suspect who stopped a student walking on the road in Eskişehir, tried to force him to buy prayer beads, and took 100 TL from him via mobile banking was caught in Ankara. In the investigation launched after a citizen who noticed the incident intervened by pretending to know the student and recorded what happened, the suspect was ordered to be placed under house arrest.
In the Tepebaşı district of Eskişehir, a suspect who forcibly sold prayer beads to a student, took 100 TL from him, and was caught in Ankara was placed under house arrest by the court to which he was brought.
PRETENDED TO KNOW HIM AND RECORDED IT
R.A. (26), who stopped a young man passing on the street in the Yenibağlar Neighborhood of Tepebaşı district in Eskişehir and tried to forcibly sell him prayer beads, was filmed by a concerned citizen who noticed the situation. The citizen, who intervened in the incident by pretending to know the victimized young man, recorded the moments when the suspect took 100 TL from the student via mobile banking.
CAUGHT IN ANKARA
Following the spread of the footage, teams from the Public Order Branch Directorate of the Eskişehir Provincial Police Department launched an investigation upon the complaint of the young complainant. R.A., who was determined to be in Ankara, was caught in an operation and brought to Eskişehir. R.A., whose procedures at the Robbery Bureau Directorate were completed and who was referred to the Eskişehir Courthouse, was placed under house arrest by the court to which he was brought.