Cheating cases hit new high in Mysuru in December

Mysore | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

Summary:

Mysuru: Heritage City Mysuru appears to have become a haven for tricksters — in December 2018, the city recorded cases of cheating, including financial fraud Mysuru recorded the second highest number of cheating cases during the month in Karnataka. These also include cases of cheating people by promising them with marriage or providing them something. According to Devaraja police, Kamalabai, 70, and Javaramma were approached by unidentified women at the City bus stand and taken outside the bus stand on the pretext of providing them loans. While Bengaluru city recorded 296 cases, Ballari was third with 28 cases, according to statistics released by Karnataka state police at its review meeting late January.Two aged women bus passengers were duped of their valuables after they were lured to provide loans under government schemes. Sathish showed a site to buyer Hemraj and collected Rs 5 lakh in advance..