Mangaluru: A person arrested cheating several people with fake facebook IDs and  saying  he was a Senior Postal Officer posted at Mangaluru.

A Senior Superintendent, Department of Posts, Harsha N, filed a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police Station in Mangaluru City, in connection with a person by the name Parameshwarappa.

The accused Parmeshwarappa alias Param (23) from Chitradurga was arrested from KSRTC Bus stand Mangaluru. He was produced before the court on December 23.

He had requested for a matrimonial alliance with the daughter of one Hanumappa Giriappa Bisalli, who is a resident of Goa. He enquired about this Parameshwarappa with the Postal authorities of Mangaluru and came to know that there was no such person by this name working in Mangaluru Postal Department.

In another case two Police constables, attached with the City Armed Reserve Police, Mangaluru City, also lodged a complaint with the Cyber Crime Police against Parameshwarappa having cheated them to the tune of rupees six lakhs promising them employment as Grade 1 & Grade 2 Officers In the Department of Posts by using a false Facebook account in the name Pooja C N.

The City Cyber Crime Unit has seized a Laptop, OS, Mobile Phones, Duplicate IDs of the Postal Department and ICICI Bank Debit Card from the accused. The value of the seized articles is about Rs 1,35,000. The case is presently under investigation.