Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (JD)

Udupi, Jan 22: The Udupi town police have successfully apprehended three accused involved in a fraud case wherein they promised a higher education seat abroad to a doctor. The police have also recovered assets valued at Rs 9,56,000, including cash and other items.

A complaint was filed by Santosh E at the Udupi town police station, reporting that he had been defrauded in a scheme related to higher education opportunities abroad. According to the complaint, the victim, a general medicine graduate, intended to pursue an MPH degree in the UK. While in Dubai, he met Aftab, who promised to secure an MPH seat for Rs 18 lac.

Aftab asked the victim to transfer an advance payment of Rs 8.5 lac to secure the seat. Since the victim did not have an NRE account, Aftab introduced him to Suman S, the second accused. Acting on their instructions, the victim travelled to Udupi and met Suman near MTR Hotel in Udupi. Trusting the accused, the victim transferred Rs 8.5 lac. Subsequently, the accused stopped responding to his calls and failed to provide the promised seat, thus defrauding him.

The police successfully nabbed the three accused namely Suman S (24) of Shivamogga, Suhan Khan (22) of Moodbidri, and Mohammad Mahaz (23) of Moodbidri.

The case was registered at Udupi town police station. The investigation, led by PI Ramachandra Nayak, involved PSI Eranna Shiragumpi, PSI Puneet Kumar, PSI Bharatesh, and team members Chetan Kumar, Basheer, Karthik, Santosh, Shubha, Sushma, and Nethravathi from the Udupi Town Police Station. They were supported by Praveen Kumar, Venkatesh, Dharmappa, Rajesh, Nilesh, Deekshith, and Mayyappa from the CEN police station.

The police seized Rs 5,00,000 in cash, an Innova car, and two mobile phones from the accused. The total value of the recovered assets is Rs 9,56,000.

The accused have been produced before the court, and further investigation is ongoing.