Andhra native dupes NRI of 22cr, held

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thampanoor police on Thursday arrested a 48-year-old man, hailing from Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh, who was wanted on charges of duping Rs 22 crore from a city-based

NRI

businessman. The police identified the accused as Venkitaram Babu.

The accused had allegedly duped

Shaiju Mohammed Thaha

, who owned a company in

Dubai

. Venkitram purchased Rs 22 crore worth oil from

Shaiju

on credit. As surety he had surrendered a copy of his passport. However, he used his sources back in India to forge another passport and escaped from Dubai.

Shaiju had filed a complaint at Thampanoor police station. The accused was caught when he tried to take a flight to Dubai from an airport in Visakhapatnam. tnn


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