Pramesh S Jain & Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
T
he Sanjaynagar police on Tuesday arrested a 65-year-old conman for running a medical and engineering seat racket through his consultancy agency in the city for the past many months.
Senior officer told reporters,The accused Sharath Gowda,a resident of Hyderabad is an MBA graduate operating through his nexus-edu consulting firm on BEL road to target gullible candidates and their families who were not able to get seats through NEET and CET exams.
Luring them to get seats in professional courses in reputed colleges across the country,the accused would take lakhs of rupees as commission and escape .
Based on a complaint from a businessman who lured by the accused and paid 10 lakh to get a medical seat for his son in a reputed college in Kerala in September this year.
A team of police track down the accused in Hyderabad and arrested him.Inquiries revealed that the accused had cheated around 10 people and taken lakhs of rupees from them.
The police have seized a total of Rs.47.8 lakh and further investigations are on to ascertain his criminal background,Saidulu Adavath,DCP, North Division,said.
City police commissioner B Dayananda appreciated the team for cracking the case .
