The District Crime Branch (DCB) in Coimbatore on Tuesday arrested a fourth person in a case related to cheating a Kancheepuram native of ₹2.5 crore between January 1, 2019 and July 24, 2024. Aravind Raja (28), a resident of Geethanjali Nagar at Thondamuthur, was arrested based on a complaint lodged by S. Ravi, a real estate dealer from Kancheepuram.
The DCB had arrested three other accused in the case, namely M. Deepak (27) of Pattanam near Sulur, his mother Baby Shalini (44) and sister Reshma (24), in February this year.
According to the DCB, the accused claimed that ₹300 crore was pending with the Reserve Bank of India as settlement money from London. They induced the complainant by promising 30% commission and collected ₹2.50 crore from him, on the pretext of using it for processes to withdraw the ₹300 crore.
DCB officials arrested Raja on Tuesday and seized a computer, a printer, signed cheque leaves, a bank passbook and other materials from him. The sixth judicial magistrate sent him to judicial remand till June 2.