Conman promised gadgets to Chittoor residents, sent bricks
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Chittoor, Dec 22 : The police in Andhra Pradesh's Chittoor district have arrested a conman from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday for setting up a fake tele-calling office and mailing bricks instead of the electronic gadgets he promised his clients at a discounted price.
C. Venkateshan, 39, was arrested at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday from the P.K.V.N. degree college in Chittoor town under IPC Sections 419 and 420, among others.
Incidentally, Venkateshan from Puduru of Amburu taluka in Vellore district was addicted to an extravagant life and resorted to this fraudulent activity to fund his lavish lifestyle.