Kinnigoli: Men cheat public by promising to show God

Mangalore Today News Network

Kinnigoli, Nov 9, 2026: Two members of a group dressed as (monks) were caught by local residents and handed over to the police in Kinnigoli for allegedly cheating tempo drivers by claiming they could show them God. The other two members of the group managed to escape.

The four men, dressed as monks, had been moving around the Kinnigoli Town Panchayat limits since Saturday morning. They later arrived at the Kinnigoli tempo stand and allegedly targeted the drivers there.

They reportedly promised to show the drivers God and handed them an object, performing a magic trick in which it appeared to disappear. They then claimed that they could make the drivers hand over their own money through hypnotism. Using this trick, they allegedly took money from the drivers’ pockets.

Realising that they had been cheated, the tempo drivers gathered information that two members of the group were near a church in Kinnigoli. They rushed to the spot, caught the two men and questioned them. The other two members escaped.

The two men were later handed over to Mulki police.

Police issue warning

Police warned the two men against cheating members of the public by posing as monks and sending them away.