Sunil Lohan
The RMC yard police are on the lookout for a conman who posing as Kannada Film Producer duped a Bantwal Based businessman worth over Rs.5 crore .
Based on the complaint,the police have registered a case of cheating against Arun Rai and his associates who are presently on the run.Efforts are on to secure his arrest, a senior officer, said.
The accused met the businessman in Taj hotel few months ago and claimed to have multi level business modules including film production and investment in different companies in India and abroad.
The complainant shared his story of incurring huge loss in business worth Rs.25 crore during covid for which Arun Rai offered to help him,
He took him around the city showed major commercial buildings claiming that they owned them and even claimed to have invested crores of rupees in different companies in Dubai,Gambia,Malaysia and Uzbekistan.
He even claimed to have invested in different state government projects and even Personal Assistant of Tesla company had also made investment in his company.
Offering to invest in share and promised huge amount of profit and even offered to share the portion of the profit in his upcoming movie,the complainant borrowed over Rs.5 crore from family and friends to give it to him.
The accused soon escaped after receiving the amount . When he did not respond even after the deadline,the complainant tried to contact him and realized that he had been cheated and approached the police .
The police advised people not to fall for the charming and sweet talks of the people who offer big returns .