The Magadi Road police on Monday arrested a 44-year-old man who, posing as a doctor, allegedly cheated cab drivers with fake currency. The accused, identified as K.R. Sanjay, was caught based on a complaint filed by a cab driver from Kadri, Chandrashekhar M., who lost ₹10,500.
According to the police, the accused, posing as a doctor from a reputed hospital, hired a cab from Bengaluru to Kadri in Andhra Pradesh and on the way stopped the cab for dinner at a hotel near Magadi Road.
The accused later asked the driver for help in transferring ₹10,000 to his online account and offered to pay him cash. The police said that Mr. Chandrashekhar transferred the money to a number given by the accused, which happened to be the online payment number of the hotel where they were dining.
