Two Businessmen duped of Rs 78 lakh in rice-pulling scam; 2 held,Rs.15 Lakh seized

Pramesh S Jain 

The Byatarayanapura police on Saturday arrested two persons who duped two city based businessmen offering to sell rice pulling which have nuclear energy power for Rs.1 crore and mad away with Rs 78 lakh.

The accused has been identified as,Vignesh,37,of Nagarbhavi,his associate Nagaraju,45 of Kolar.

Senior officer told reporters a cheating complaint was registered against two persons by a city based businessmen who stated in their complaint two persons approached Nithin Raj and Gopi Karthik,Businessmen on Mysore road with a proposal to sell rice pulling mug having nuclear energy for Rs.1 crore which they could sell it in international market for Rs.5 crore to earn huge profit margin.

luring them with their charms the duo convinced them and took Rs.78.8 lakh from them as advance amount before fleeing the spot.

Based on the complaint,a team of police led by Inspector Shankar Naik,and his team swung into action and with the police investigation skills and with the help of technical inputs the team tracked
track down the accused identified as Vignesh,37 from Nagarabhavi and his associate Nagaraju, 45, from Kolar and recovered Rs 15 lakh from them.

The Byatarayanapura police are now further investigating the criminal background of the accused.

Finally Bengaluru Police Commissioner,Kamal Pant has appreciated Addl CP West,Sandeep Patil,DCP West,Dr Sanjeev M Patil,ACP Kodandarama,PI,Shankar Naik,and his whole team who has busted the rice pulling racket by arresting duo we appeal to general public to not fall in this type of prey in future as the rice pulling is bogus and fake and we caution you to not to fall in this all and a suitable reward will be given to the team he added.