Real estate businessman in Karnataka arrested for cheating temple devotees of ₹2.15 lakh with government loan scheme claim

The Turuvekere constabulary of Tumakuru territory person arrested a antheral for allegedly cheating devotees of implicit ₹2.15 lakh by promising to put loans nether a authorities scheme.

According to the police, the accused had visited the Sri Adi Shakti Kollapuradamma Temple astatine Choudenahalli colony successful Turuvekere taluk posing arsenic a devotee. He allegedly convinced members of the temple that helium could assistance them get ₹10 lakh loans nether the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). Trusting his claims, 7 radical paid ₹25,000 each and different idiosyncratic paid ₹40,000, totalling ₹2,15,000.

Based connected the complaint, a lawsuit was registered astatine Turuvekere constabulary presumption nether applicable sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) successful Crime No. 250/2025.

The constabulary officials said that the accused has been identified arsenic Somashekhar H.K. (46), a existent property businessman from Hullenahalli, Bagur hobli successful Channarayapatna taluk of Hassan district, presently residing adjacent Hoysala Nagar, adjacent to Huliyuramma temple successful Sunkadakatte, Bengaluru.

The accused was arrested by a peculiar probe squad formed according to constabulary officials.