Instant pooja on Instagram to solve personal problems? Man held for fraud in Bengaluru

Mangaluru: A man who allegedly cheated a person of Rs 24,78,274 through a cyber fraud by advertising on Instagram that he could perform poojas to instantly solve personal problems has been arrested by the Dakshina Kannada CEN police.

According to police , a case was registered under Section 66(D) of the Information Technology Act and Section 318(4) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).

During the investigation, police arrested the accused, identified as Vasudeva R (32), a resident of Gokula 1st Stage, Yeshwanthpur, Bengaluru (currently residing in Srinivasanagar, Sunkadakatte, Bengaluru).

Police seized four mobile phones used in the crime and Rs 20,300 in cash, with the total value of seized property amounting to Rs 1,60,300.

The arrested was produced before the jurisdictional court on Wednesday and has been remanded in judicial custody.