Bengaluru, A 59-year-old man was arrested for allegedly duping an Earnings Tax division official by posing as a “parrot astrologer” and promising profession progress and higher life by way of rituals, police stated on Wednesday.
With the arrest of the accused astrologer Shekar, police claimed to have recovered gold ornaments weighing 124 grams and silver articles weighing 796 grams, with a complete worth of ₹20.60 lakh.
The matter got here to gentle after the sufferer, who’s a senior administrative officer within the Earnings Tax division, lodged a criticism at Bharatinagar police station right here on March 5, police stated.
In line with police, within the criticism, the sufferer acknowledged that whereas passing close to Sri Circle, he was approached by an individual claiming to practise parrot astrology. The accused known as him over, claimed he might predict the long run by taking a look at his face, and satisfied him to carry out a ritual.
Initially, the accused collected ₹50,000 from the complainant. Later, he allegedly informed the sufferer that an elaborate ritual was obligatory for profession promotion, switch, and total enchancment in life, and threatened that failure to take action would deliver misfortune, he alleged.
“Underneath this pretext, the accused took 194 grams of gold ornaments and 1.3 kg of silver articles from the complainant, assuring they’d be returned after the ritual,” police stated.
When the complainant later demanded the return of the property, the accused allegedly threatened him, they stated.
Throughout the investigation, police gathered credible data and apprehended the accused close to Cantonment Railway Station on March 12 and upon interrogation, he confessed to committing the offence with the intention of constructing fast cash, a senior police officer stated.
He was produced earlier than a court docket on March 13 and brought into police custody for 5 days.
Throughout sustained questioning, the accused revealed that he had bought the stolen gold and silver objects at a jewelry store in Halasuru. Based mostly on his data, police recovered 124 grams of gold ornaments and 796 grams of silver articles from the store on March 15, valued at ₹20.60 lakh, the officer stated.
The accused was once more produced earlier than the court docket on March 17 and was remanded to judicial custody, he added.
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