A gang that cheated a doctor from Kalaburagi twice to the tune of ₹1.16 crore has been busted and five members of the gang were arrested by the Central Crime Branch (CCB) recently.
The arrested have been identified as Nagaraj Siddanna Boruti, 36, Mallikarjuna Vali, 38, Madhushekhar, 28, Hameed, 31, and Basavaraj, 35.
Of them, Nagaraj, the kingpin of the scam, was known to the victim, a doctor from Kalaburagi. According to the police, Nagaraj promised to secure admission of the doctor’s son in M.S. Ramaiah Medical College in Bengaluru and the doctor paid him ₹1.75 lakh for the admission fee.
