Multiple cheating cases have been registered against the accused in the multi-crore cash-for-BJP ticket case in the State. Chaitra K., Abhinava Halashree Swami, and five others have been arrested, after a Bengaluru-based businessman Govinda Babu Poojary had allegedly paid ₹4.5 crore over a promise of a BJP ticket.
The Kota police of Udupi district filed their submission before the city court seeking the custody of Chaitra in another cheating case. The accused had allegedly taken ₹5 lakh from a fisherman, promising to help him set up a cloth shop.
Meanwhile, another cheating case has been filed against Swami based on a complaint by a former Panchayat Development Officer (PDO) of the Ranathur Gram Panchayat in Shirahatti taluk of Gadag district. The former PDO alleged he had paid the seer ₹1 crore to get him a BJP ticket.
