Yogesh K Porwar & Sunil Lohan
The Devanahalli police on Tuesday arrested a 27-year-old conman for cheating a mobile shop owner through fake online payment app.
The accused identified as Rohith,an unemployed graduate from Kunigal presently staying in Vidyaranyapuram approached,Bhimashankar,owner of Basaveshwara enterprises,mobile sales and service shop,asking for the cash of Rs.50,000 citing emergency and offered to transfer the money online on J
uly 7.
Considering his plight,Bhimashankar agreed and gave him cash of Rs.50,000 following which the accused returned Rs.500 as commission before scanning the QR code and transferring Rs.50,000 online.
The accused even showed him the money transfer confirmation,before leaving in hurry the cheating came to light when Bhimashankar checked his bank account but there was no money transferred .
Thinking that the transfer would take some time , he waited before checking for the money again the next day but there was no sign of money transfer.
He called the bank to confirm that he had been cheated before filing a complaint with the police.
Based on the complaint,the police verified the CCTV footage and kept a watch before zeroing in on the accused .
The police said that the accused had downloaded the app having fake PAYTM payment details and cheating people .
Police suspect that the accused using the MO had cheated many people and are investigating further .
