Eight persons, including two police constables, arrested in fraud case

Pattiveeranpatti police in Dindigul district on Thursday arrested eight persons, including two police constables, in connection with a fraud case. The accused swindled around ₹48 lakh under the pretext of selling a gold plate to the complainant.

According to police, P. Sumith Robert Paul of Usilampatti in Madurai district had lodged a complaint with the police regarding the fraud.

Sumith Robert Paul and S. Sankaramoorthy knew each other for the past 10 years through real estate business. Sankaramoorthy along with P. Nagaraj, C. Karuppaiah, M. Suresh, K. Muthupandi and S. Kuppusamy had told Sumith Robert Paul that they were in possession of an expensive auspicious gold plate that they were willing to sell.