The Yeshwanthpura Police have registered a case of cheating and impersonation following a complaint by Kannada filmmaker Rajendra Singh Babu that a conman swindled ₹4.2 lakh from his bank account after illegally gaining access to it.
According to Mr. Babu, the accused, identified himself as Naveen Kumar, posing as a businessman, offered him ₹1.4 crore for Telugu dubbing rights of his Kannada movie Rakta Kashmira. On the pretext of processing the deal, the accused accessed sensitive documents, including the Aadhaar card, PAN card, and bank account details of Mr. Babu, to transfer the money. The accused used the details to access Mr. Babu’s bank account, and siphoned off ₹4.25 lakh.
The fraud came to light when Mr. Babu received the transaction details on his phone and verified the account, only to find that he had been cheated. The police said that an investigation is under way to trace the accused using the money trail. The police suspect that the bank account where the money was transferred to was created using forged documents.
Published – September 30, 2025 10:35 pm IST
