Case against conman Roshan Saldanha handed over to CID

Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H said that in one of the cases, the fraud amount was Rs 10 crore. Hence,it was recommended to the CID to probe. An order was issued in this regard on Monday. The victim in the case hailed from Bihar.

Mangaluru: One of the cases against conman Roshan Saldanha in multi crore cheating, where the alleged fraud amount exceeded Rs 10 crore has been handed over to the CID.

Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H said that in one of the cases, the fraud amount was Rs 10 crore. Hence,it was recommended to the CID to probe. An order was issued in this regard on Monday. The victim hailed from Bihar.

The CID may take up other related cases if they find it necessary, though the amount is less than Rs 10 crore.  

The CEN Crime Police  which is investigating cases against Saldanha  are expected to secure his police custody on July 23. The Investigating officer  has applied for police custody, which will be granted on July 23. The commissioner said that more  bank accounts have been traced and also transactions amounting to a further amount of upto Rs 50 crore are traced. The police are investigating further. 

Another individual has come forward with a complaint against Saldanha. So far, in the past seven years, about 15 cases were registered against him in Karnataka, and they are at various stages of investigation.

Saldanha was arrested on Thursday night (July 17) in connection with multiple multi-crore cheating cases. The main charges against the accused include promising loans in hundreds of crores of rupees and charging 1 to 2% stamp duty and commission and duping the victims later