BENGALURU: A 28-year-old man has been arrested by northeast CEN crime police for allegedly cheating an engineering student on the pretext of helping her change her branch.
He had taken more than Rs 1.2 lakh from the victim and bought gold with it.
The accused is Rajeshwar, from Maragondanahalli near Electronics City. Police said Rajeshwar, who had joined a private company after completing MBA, was unemployed for over a year.
Police lodged a cheating and cybercrime case against an unidentified person based on a complaint by Prashant Kumar Jain, a businessman. Jain said his daughter joined an engineering college recently. She had got a seat for Electronics and Computer Engineering while her desired branch was Computer Science and Engineering.
“We hoped my daughter would get a seat in CSE if any of the allotted candidates cancelled admission. On January 8, she got a text message that there were many cancelled seats and interested candidates could approach the sender to get one in their desired branch,” Jain said. The sender said aspirants needed to pay Rs 2.2 lakh to change branches. The victim transferred Rs 1.2 lakh to the mentioned bank account.
Upon Rajeshwar’s arrest, police also seized gadgets, seven SIM cards, a 21-gram gold chain, three gold coins, and more than Rs 1.7 lakh cash.
