Promising BJP Ticket Rs 7 Cr Cheated from Bengaluru Businessman, 4 Including Ex-TV Anchor Arrested

Bengaluru: Four persons including a former TV anchor were arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly cheating a businessman of Rs 7 crore by promising him a BJP MLA ticket from Byndoor constituency in Karnataka.

The prime accused Chaitra Kundapura is a former television anchor and a right-wing activist from coastal Karnataka, who is facing several other charges in cases pertaining to giving inflammatory speeches

Srikanth Nayak Pelattur, Gagan Kadur and Prasad Byandur were the other three arrested accused.

A businessman Govind Babu Pujari (44) had complained at the Bandepalya Police Station in Bengaluru that eight eight people including Kundapur had cheated him of Rs 7 crore with an assurance of a BJP ticket from Byndoor during the last assembly polls in Karnataka.

He had paid the money to the cheats in three phases.

Chaitra Kundapur allegedly persuaded the businessman to contest the assembly election from Byandoor, claiming that she is close to the RSS and BJP leadership, the FIR stated.