Two more businessmen from Maharashtra and one from Assam have accused Roshan Saldhanha of cheating.
On Thursday, the police arrested Saldanha, a resident of Bollagudda in Bajal, for allegedly cheating entrepreneurs and others of over ₹32 crore.
The police said one Maharashtra-based entrepreneur was assured of a ₹250-crore loan and, Saldanha demanded ₹5 crore towards ‘stamp duty’ charge.
Accordingly, the entrepreneur allegedly initiated transfer of ₹5 crore to Saldanha through his bank account on July 16. Similarly, another entrepreneur from Assam initiated a transfer of ₹20 lakh on July 17 for his loan amount of ₹3 crore.
Soon after the two filed the complaint on Friday, the Cyber Economic and Narcotic Crime (CEN) police contacted the concerned banks. An amount of ₹3.5 crore pertaining to the Maharashtra entrepreneur and ₹20 lakh of Assam entrepreneur were freezed.
Another compliant filed by a Maharashtra entrepreneur against Saldanha was registered at the CEN police statio on Saturday.
The police, in a release, said they would file an application before jurisdictional court seeking custody of Saldanha for further questioning.
