Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru
Bengaluru, Jan 4 : Bengaluru Central Crime Branch (CCB), arrested Mangaluru origin builder Avinash Prabhu, MD of Skyline Construction and Housing Pvt Ltd and Kalmane Koffees for reportedly duping over 200 people to the tune of around Rs 100 Crores in sale of apartments.
Avinash Prabhu was nabbed based on a complaint registered by Christopher Regal, one of the victims, at the Hennur police station. Considering the magnitude of the case, the city police commissioner T Suneel Kumar, handed over the investigation to the Crime Branch.
According to the Police commissioner, Kumar said, “Avinash and his brother Dhiraj Prabhu collected money from people promising they were constructing apartments at Hennur, Horamavu, Yelahanka and Mangaluru, but deceived them"
CCB additional commissioner Alok Kumar, who is handling the case now said that apart from Christopher Regal there are several other complaints also have received by police.
A luxury Range Rover, Audi, and about 15 bank accounts of accused have been frozen by the authority.
Dhiraj Prabhu is reportedly absconding, police have launched a massive manhunt to arrest him.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Prabhu has purchased five acres of land in Kengeri, three acres in Allalasandra, three acres in Hennur, seven acres of land in Kanakapura and 8.5 acres of land in Mangaluru. He also purchased property in the state as well as in Tamil Nadu.