Priest arrested for trying to implicate US-based cousin in cheating in name of Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murthy
The Hindu
Posing as the PA of Sudha Murthy, the accused, had spoken to Kannada Koota in California in U.S.A. confirming Sudha Murthy‘s presence as chief guest. He had taken ₹5 lakh from the association in the name of his cousin.
Jayanagar police arrested a 35-year-old priest from Malleswaram for allegedly trying to implicate his US-based cousin in the name of Infosys Foundation Chairperson Sudha Murthy.
Posing as the PA of Sudha Murthy, the accused, Arun Kumar, had spoken to Kannada Koota in California in U.S.A. confirming Ms. Murthy‘s presence as chief guest. He had taken ₹5 lakh from the association in the name of his cousin.
The cheating came to light when the office of Ms. Murthy called up the association to deny that she had accepted the invitation. The PA of Ms. Murthy filed a cheating complaint with the jurisdictional Jayanagar police.
Based on the complaint, police tracked down Arun Kumar and recovered the money he had taken from the association.
The accused claimed to have used the name and ID of his cousin in the US for the financial transaction to put him in trouble. The accused told the police that his cousin and he were very close, but after shifting to the US, the latter started ignoring Arun Kumar. Hence, the priest hatched a plan to implicate him in a crime, a police officer said.
The priest was booked under various sections of the IT Act, and for impersonation and cheating.
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