Woman arrested on charges of cheating electronics shop owner

The Barke constabulary connected Sunday arrested a 28-year-old pistillate connected charges of cheating an electronics store to a tune of ₹1.98 lakh by presenting invalid cheques.

The accused has been identified arsenic Farida Begum, the woman of Ramiz Raja, a nonmigratory of Muttur village. According to police, Farida purchased 3 high-end laptops done an acquaintance from the complainant, Jayaram, who runs Laptop Bazar astatine a promenade connected Mahatma Gandhi Road.

However, the cheques she presented for the acquisition were fake, frankincense forcing the store proprietor to record a ailment with the Barke police, which registered a lawsuit of transgression breach of spot and cheating against the accused. Investigating Officer Vinayak Toragal and women constabulary unit arrested Farida nether the guidance of Police Inspector Mohan Kottary. She was produced earlier the jurisdictional magistrate, who remanded her to judicial custody till November 3, constabulary said.

The accused has adopted a akin modus operandi by visiting jewellery shops and physics gadget outlets to marque purchases aft presenting fake cheques, constabulary said. She has cases against her successful Kavoor, Bajpe, Moodbidri and Mulky stations successful the Commissionerate, Puttur Police Station successful Dakshina Kannada district, and Shirva Police Station successful Udupi district. After she skipped bail successful a lawsuit registered by the Mulky police, the tribunal acrophobic had issued a warrant, constabulary said.