Pandeshwar cops arrest Mysore couple for cheating photographers

Pandeshwar cops arrest Mysore couple for cheating photographers

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, June 20, 2014:  A couple hailing from Mysore were arrested  on June 19, Thursday and brought to Mangalore  by the Pandeshwar police in connection with the case of  cheating several photographers. It is learnt, the couple had lured as many as 30 photographers and had collected nearly Rs 12 lakh from them with a promise to provide jobs in the USA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accused couple Rachana and Haricharan Rao hail from Saraswatipuram in Mysore. The arrests followed a court order in the wake of a petition filed by a photographer based in the city named Aravind.

 It has been gathered that the couple had contacted Aravind nine months ago and also several other photographers through him stating  Infosys was hiring photographers for a US project named ‘Colourworld.’ Sources said the accused  had said  Chief Photographer would get a pay package of Rs 4.5 lakhs while assistant photographers would get Rs 2.5 lakhs.

 Reportedly the couple had collected Rs 75000 from the  job aspirants for a higher post and Rs 30,000 from those who wanted to join as assistant photographers.

After a futile wait for some months, the photographers realised  that they were cheated. Aravind  filed a petition in the Second JMFC  Court after efforts to contact the couple went in vain. The court had ordered that the couple be arrested before July 20.

It has been gathered that the accused were wanted  in connection with several other cases including counterfeit currency case and abduction  of a minor girl. They had also  stayed in Taj West End Hotel recently and left without paying their bill which ran upto Rs 2 lakhs.