Mysore/Mysuru: Former Corporator R. Somasundar has been arrested by the Lakshmipuram Police on charges of allegedly cheating a street vendor of Rs.12 lakh by defaulting on the promise of getting a MUDA site. Retired Dy.SP Vijaykumar, who too is said to have been involved in the case, has gone absconding.
One Venkataraju, a resident of Bank colony in Bogadi, who runs a fast food joint in city, in his complaint to Lakshmipuram Police, has stated that he came in contact with ex-Corporator Somasundar in 2019 through his friend Dinesh, a parota seller. Some days later, Somasundar, promising to get a MUDA site for Rs.12 lakh, took Venkataraju, along with Dinesh to Anandnagar near Sharadadevinagar and showed him a vacant site (Site No.135 measuring 20’x30’). Subsequently, a few days later, Somasundar summoned him to a hotel near the City Courts complex on June 14, 2019 where he (Somasundar) received Rs. 2 lakh from him (Venkataraju) as advance towards the cost of site.
