Mangalwara police have nabbed a fraudster who used to take video cameras from his friends or acquaintances and did not return. The police have recovered 13 cameras worth Rs 7.45 lakh from his possession; accused had provided cameras for selling to his friend. The accused, identified as Kasif Khan, was arrested near Barkhedi after one on the victims Imran Hussain lodged a complaint with the police regarding non-returning of his camera by the accused.
Based on the complaint, police registered a case under section 406 of the IPC and started to search for the accused.
During the investigation, police found that the accused has cheated over a dozen people whose cameras he had taken and later he had not returned their cameras.
Imran’s camera was not returned by the accused and he went missing and victim was not able to contact the accused. He was assured that he would return camera but the victim was not provided the camera.
The accused revealed that he had taken video and photographic cameras from different victims and never returned them back.
Police have recovered cameras from Manohar who was provided the cameras by accused and asked him to sell those cameras. A total of 13 cameras have been recovered and those which have been disposed would be investigated in the further investigation.