Yogesh K Porwar
T
he Bommanahalli police have arrested a 45-year-old fortune-teller for robbing 115 grams of gold valuables from a home maker on the pretext of performing pooja for her well-being in March this year .
The accused BM Venkataramana was caught moving suspiciously in the same area recently looking for the target when the beat police on suspicion detained him for questioning.
A detailed questioning led him to confess following which the police recovered the gold valuables worth ₹ 8 lakh which he had pawned in a gold shop in Chintamani .
With his arrest the police also solved a house break theft reported last year and recovered 20 grams of gold valuables from him.
Explaining the MO,Pritham AD,said that the accused approached the home maker claiming that some one had performed black magic on her and assured to ward off evil through special Puja.
The accused asked her to put all her gold valuables in a earthen pot for the Puja procedure and later diverted her attention and handed over the similar pot covered with vermilion and turmeric and rice grains .
The accused told her to keep the pot near safe for few hours before the god’s portrait for few hours and escaped.
The victim followed the instructions and opened the pot to see the valuables missing.She filed a complaint with the police and the police alerted the beat police men to keep a look on the suspect,before he was picked up near Bommanahalli bus stand .
