Fraud: one more held

May 01, 2017 12:48 am | Updated 12:48 am IST -

The Pettah police have arrested a man on the charge of abetting a father-daughter duo to swindle over ₹1 crore from several people.

The accused was identified as Vipin, 31, of Karivilanchi, near Peyad.

Ramesh Kumar of Pettah and his daughter Lakshmi had been arrested a few days ago on the charge of borrowing money from various persons by making them believe that they needed the money for getting income tax clearance to withdraw ₹600 crore deposited in Ramesh’s bank account.

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