Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, 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.
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