SCAMSTERS INC.

Observing that a number of cheating cases related to land disputes were being registered in the city, police commissioner Shankar Bidari has asked the public to make required enquiry before buying a site or flat. Citing the recent arrest of Joseph Chacko and the Orange properties and Country Club scams, the commissioner asked the public to enquire before investing on land.

Chacko’s case Bidari has requested the government to hand over the Joseph Chacko case to CoD. He said, “The investigations in this case have revealed that Chacko had not just cheated people in Bangalore city, but also in rural areas.” So far, about 40 cases against Chacko have been unearthed and police suspect the number to go up as a number of NRIs might still be unaware that they have been cheated. He was accused of luring NRIs to invest in the resort project, by claiming they would be entitled for a seven- day stay in a year in the resort. Besides, they would get 55 per cent of the rent gained by letting out their rooms, while the resort would keep 45 per cent.

Chacko was arrested by Bangalore CCB at Kolkata airport and brought here after getting a body warrant from the Kolkata court to interrogate him.The accused however expressed willingness to settle the cheating cases.