Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
Prime accused Ravi Kumar was arrested when he had come to meet the advocate on Sunday night.He is the fifth accused arrested in the case.
Soon after the scam broke out he escaped to Tumakuru from there went to Uttara Kannada and Sirsi to take shelter before returning to blore to consult the advocate.
The police who were tracking his movement through family members pinned him down neat lal bagh.
The police have given notice to 15 people working as staff for the project for chilume trust..
Kempegowda,one of the director of Chilume trust, looking after the finances had escaped twice narrowly from the police but was caught third time in the outskirts of the police .
The police team who was on the lookout for Kempegowda was initially tried to track down through CDR but could not succeed.
The police detained the family members including his wife,Shruthi and obtained information that he was taking shelter at his friend’s house in Nelamangala.
When a team of police reached Nelamangala, Kempegowda by then had escaped leaving his car.
The police followed the trail to track him down to another friend’s house in Gubbi but before they could reach,he had escaped .
The police team while returning back to city and reached Dabaspete,got a tip off that he was with another friend in Shidlaghatta.
The police team rushed to the spot and chased Kempegowda who was trying to escape.After a hot chase he was finally nabbed.
The police found that he had destroyed his phone in the outskirt of Nelamangala to hoodwink the police. The police team recovered the phone for verification.
Meanwhile another team of police continue to analyse the bank accounts to ascertain the financial transaction.
The founder Director of Chilume trust,Ravikumar who is on the run,is a realtor from Dabaspete having links with many politicians through his phone and email.