Mangaluru conman: Fraud money seized

Mangaluru: In a swift and coordinated operation, the Mangaluru CEN Crime Police have frozen Rs 3.5 crore and Rs 20 lakh transferred by victims from Maharashtra and Assam respectively, in connection with a multi-crore fraud allegedly perpetrated by businessman Roshan Saldanha.

Mangaluru City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy CH said the arrested Saldanha is currently in judicial custody in relation to two cases registered at the Mangaluru CEN Crime Police Station.

On Friday, an entrepreneur from Maharashtra lodged a complaint with the CEN Crime Police, stating that he had transferred Rs five crore to the accused via bank transactions. Around the same time, a resident of Assam also reported transferring Rs 20 lakh on July 16 and 17.

Acting on it, police teams contacted the respective banks and successfully froze Rs 3.5 crore from the Maharashtra transaction and Rs 20 lakh from the Assam transaction, preventing further loss.

The Commissioner further said that an additional FIR is being registered against the accused, and police custody of Saldanha will be sought on Monday to facilitate further investigation.