The accused has been identified as M P Abhilash, who had been successfully implementing and carrying out his modus operandi for the past two years now.
A 34-year-old man from Bengaluru was arrested by officials from the Central Crime Branch (CCB) after he had successfully managed to extort money from around 20 businessmen in Bengaluru by posing as a CBI officer. Officials also recovered Rs 24 lakh in cash and confiscated a Mercedes Benz and an Audi from his residence. The accused has been identified as M P Abhilash, who had been successfully implementing and carrying out his modus operandi for the past two years now. As per reports, he is an unemployed engineering graduate. According to reports, Abhilash would approach businessmen in the city posing as an official from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and use tax threats to extort large sums of cash from them. Abhilash, a resident of Annasandrapalya near HAL, was caught when he attempted to undertake the same operation against a realtor who approached the police, after having grown suspicious of Abhilash’s claims. The realtor, identified as Vijay Reddy was reportedly looking to expand his business and enter software development business. Abhilash came to know of Vijay’s plans through a mutual friend and using the friend was able to set up a meeting with Vijay. During the meeting, when Abhilash questioned Vijay how he was planning to finance the new business, Vijay grew suspicious of Abhilash. When the latter stated that he was a CBI officer looking into cases of realtors evading taxes, Vijay stated that he paid income tax regularly and didn’t have any sources of income which he had not disclosed. Abhilash also reportedly threatened Vijay and stated that he had to give him Rs 1 crore if he did not want a case filed against him. Vijay immediately went to the police and told them of his suspicions, following which Abhilash was arrested. He confessed to the crime after he was unable to explain how he possessed an Audi and a Mercedes Benz car in his name. CCB officials have asked individuals who may have been conned by Abhilash to come forward and give their complaints.
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