Daijiworld Media Network - Udupi (SP)

Udupi, Nov 11: On the basis of a complaint filed by Mathias, working as security guard at KMC Hospital Manipal, a case of cheating had been registered in the town police station here.

Mathias stated that when he was on duty near the outpatient department of KMC Hospital on October 25 this year, a person who identified himself as Ganesh Naik, approached him. Naik told Mathias that he was employed as ticket collector in Konkan Railway Corporation and that he can get Mathias job there. He reportedly collected Rs 20,000 in cash from Mathias along with documents. He also is said to have collected money similarly from a lady named Vanitha from Parkala and handed over a fake appointment letter to her. However, he failed to provide employment as promised to both Mathias and Vanitha. Mathias had requested the police to locate the accused who cheated him and take legal action against him.

It is said that the accused had claimed himself as a ticket collector for Konkan Railways and duped several people in Udupi and other districts with similar fake promises. His modus operandi is to promise employment and collect money and documents and then cheat the people.

A team led by Udupi police circle inspector, Manjunath, town branch sub-inspectors of police, Saktivelu E and Rasappa Naik, arrested the accused on Tuesday November 10. Railway police inspector Santosh Gaonkar and other personnel of his department helped the police in this task, the police said.

The operation was conducted by the above team under the direction of the district superintendent of police N Vishnuvardhan, additional superintendent of police Kumar Chandra and others.