<p>Mangaluru: A group of six individuals, posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, raided the house of a beedi businessman on Friday night and fled with Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh in cash and five mobile phones, at Kolnad in Bantwal taluk.</p><p>In a complaint, Mohammed Iqbal (27) said that his father was into the beedi business.</p> .<p>At approximately 8:10 pm on Friday, six unidentified individuals arrived in a car registered in Tamil Nadu and introduced themselves as Enforcement Directorate officials. They claimed they had orders to search the house. They confiscated five mobile phones from the premises and conducted a search.</p><p>The complainant said that his father had placed Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh meant for his business in a room and was taken away by the individuals by claiming that he was not allowed to keep such a huge amount. They also threatened to arrest him. By 10.30 pm, the accused left the house instructing him to submit suitable documents to the ED office in Bengaluru to take back the money.</p>.<p>Upon discussion with family members, the complainant realised that unknown individuals had impersonated ED officials and fraudulently taken money, and five mobile phones from the house. Based on the complaint, a case has been registered at Vittal Police Station under Sections 319(2), 318(4) BNS 2023, and an investigation is underway.</p><p>DK SP Yathish N and along with other senior officers visited the spot and promised to arrest the culprits at the earliest.</p>
<p>Mangaluru: A group of six individuals, posing as Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials, raided the house of a beedi businessman on Friday night and fled with Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh in cash and five mobile phones, at Kolnad in Bantwal taluk.</p><p>In a complaint, Mohammed Iqbal (27) said that his father was into the beedi business.</p> .<p>At approximately 8:10 pm on Friday, six unidentified individuals arrived in a car registered in Tamil Nadu and introduced themselves as Enforcement Directorate officials. They claimed they had orders to search the house. They confiscated five mobile phones from the premises and conducted a search.</p><p>The complainant said that his father had placed Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh meant for his business in a room and was taken away by the individuals by claiming that he was not allowed to keep such a huge amount. They also threatened to arrest him. By 10.30 pm, the accused left the house instructing him to submit suitable documents to the ED office in Bengaluru to take back the money.</p>.<p>Upon discussion with family members, the complainant realised that unknown individuals had impersonated ED officials and fraudulently taken money, and five mobile phones from the house. Based on the complaint, a case has been registered at Vittal Police Station under Sections 319(2), 318(4) BNS 2023, and an investigation is underway.</p><p>DK SP Yathish N and along with other senior officers visited the spot and promised to arrest the culprits at the earliest.</p>