Former Indian Idol contestant Avanti Patel, sister duped of Rs 1.75 lakh in cyber fraud

The Sion police on Saturday arrested a 22-year-old man from Jharkhand for cheating former Indian Idol contestantAvanti Patel and her sister of Rs 1.75 lakh. A police team was sent to Jharkhand and the accused, identified as Rajkumar Mandal, was tracked down with the help of Jharkhand’s Deoghar cyber cell.

Police have seized 15 mobile phones, four passbooks and a debit card from the accused. They suspect that two others are involved in the fraud.

“The accused transferred the money through different bank accounts they owned. We have taken a transit remand of Sharma. He was produced in a local court and remanded him into police custody,” said assistant police inspector Prashant Kamble.