Police remand of AP resident granted in cheating case

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, May 13: Duty Magistrate/ Passenger Tax Jammu, Arti Mohan today granted six days police custody of Vainkatta Krishna Mattugula, a resident of Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh, who was booked by the Crime Branch for cheating with the Jammu based businessman for so-called business of heavenly objects �meteorite and fulgurites�.According to the Crime Branch, a Jammu based businessman had paid Rs 8 crore to Mattugula for purchasing meteorite or fulgurites, which is commonly called in the hilly areas as �tratgola�. The racketeer had been claiming that it was very precious metal, which falls from the sky during lightning in the hilly areas.On the complaint of businessman, Crime Branch registered a FIR and started investigation.