Diamond, booze, bogus deals: How Roshan Saldana conned big shots out of crores; Rs 2.75 crore diamond ring, luxury liquor seized | Mangaluru News
MANGALURU: The CEN Crime police of the Mangaluru City Police arrested a conman who allegedly cheated affluent businessmen out of crores of rupees by posing as a high-profile entrepreneur. The arrested individual is Roshan Saldana, 43, a resident of Bollagudda in Bajal in Mangaluru city. City Police Commissioner Sudheer Kumar Reddy said that Saldana was involved in multi-crore cheating cases and was absconding and out of reach of the police for quite some time.“On Thursday, the CEN police, Mangaluru City, successfully located him at his house in a secret chamber and took him into custody. The main charges against the accused include promising loans in hundreds of crores of rupees, charging 1 to 2% stamp duty and commission, and duping the victims later. When the police raided the house, incriminating documents, cheques, a diamond ring worth Rs 2.75 crore, and expensive jewellery and liquor worth more than Rs 6.7 lakh were also found in his house and the same was seized under due process,” the Commissioner said.A case under the Karnataka Excise Act was also registered against the accused for having a quantity way beyond approved limits at his house, he said. “During the investigation, it was found that over the past 3-4 months, there were transactions worth more than Rs 40 crore in the accounts of the accused. All the past transactions are being looked into as part of the investigation,” the Commissioner said.While two FIRs were registered against the accused in Mangaluru City, one more is in Chitradurga City. It is learnt that the accused cheated victims from Delhi, Mumbai, Chitradurga, Bengaluru, Vijayapura, Tumakuru, Bagalkot, Kolkata, Sangli, Goa, Lucknow, and other places across the country. A detailed investigation will reveal all the accused associated with him, the roles of each, the number of victims across the country, and the amount cheated, the officer said.Cases of fraud were registered against the accused at the Mangaluru CEN Crime Police Station under Sections 316(2), 316(5), 318(2), 318(3) along with 3(5) of the BNS, as well as Sections 316(2), 316(5), 318(2), 318(3), 61(2) along with 3(5) of the BNS. He was produced before the court on Friday.
