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A 35-year-old summons booking cause was arrested by Tiruvannamalai Town constabulary adjacent Arunachaleswarar temple successful municipality connected Tuesday for cheating devotees of cash, promising peculiar worship astatine the temple.
The constabulary said that the arrested idiosyncratic was identified arsenic M. Selvan, a nonmigratory of Tiruvannamalai town. He was moving astatine a summons booking centre successful the town.
Initial enquiry revealed that connected May 29, a radical of 5 devotees from Andhra Pradesh visited the town. The constabulary said that fishy Selvan promised them a peculiar darshan without waiting successful the queue by paying other wealth to temple authorities. He reportedly demanded and received ₹5,000 from the devotees.
The constabulary said Selvan, then, gave them an mean summons worthy ₹50. Devotees realised that they were cheated and tried to nab him wrong the temple premises. However, Selvan fled the spot. The constabulary said based connected a ailment from temple authorities, a lawsuit was registered. CCTV camera footage was analysed by the police. They identified Selvan and nabbed from his hideout successful the town. He was lodged astatine sub-jail successful the town. A probe is nether way.
