Bidhannagar Police arrests the 'most wanted' conman in 13 states after five years

In a thrilling climax to a nationwide manhunt that had 13 state police forces in worry, Bidhannagar Police in Kolkata pulled off the impossible nabbing the 'most wanted' conman from Kerala after five grueling years of evasion, only to uncover his quirky code of crime: robbing victims blind with stolen cards for lavish buys like 15 iPhones worth Rs 15 lakhs, then oddly mailing back their gadgets as a bizarre parting gift. Police assumes that this Bengaluru native, estranged from family and operating under a fog of fake identities, had turned dormitory hotels in major cities into his personal playground of deceit—befriending weary travelers over casual chats, swiping debit and credit cards, laptops, and phones under midnight cover, then vanishes. But here's the twist where he speed-posting the electronic gadgets like latops and mobiles leaving victims with drained accounts but their tech intact—a routine that prolonged his freedom while racking up crores in financial fraud.

With a WhatsApp war room buzzing 24/7 and a special task force hot on his trail, Bidhannagar Piolice's breakthrough came via pinpoint mobile tracking, turning a routine night flight into a triumphant takedown that finally cuffed the uncatchable.The conman's canvas was as vast as India's urban sprawl to 13 different states, where he'd check into budget dorms posing as a globe-trotting salesman. By dawn, while roommates slumbered, he'd rifle through bags for the golden tickets—cards for ATM dashes and e-commerce sprees, devices for quick flips—then bolt to the next location, a ghost fueled by burner SIMs and forged Aadhaars. For five years, joint ops fizzled; he'd ghost locations just as sirens wailed, forcing the 13-states alliance into endless loops of leads and letdowns. But Bidhannagar flipped the script, ditching tails for tech-savvy surveillance that locked his Kerala coordinates like a vice.

The haul from his dingy hideout—multiple Aadhaar cards, 40 SIM cards, and several digital devices—promises to crack open linked cases. For the task force, led by dogged detectives who traded sleep for stakeouts, it's vindication after a saga of frustration, their WhatsApp vigil evolving from chatter to chess. Victims, scattered across different states, exhale a collective sigh—justice not just for the money lost, but the trust shattered by a silver-tongued shadow. This arrest spotlights the dark dance of modern fraud, where anonymity is armor and courtesy a con, but also the unyielding grind of law enforcement turning impossible into ink on warrants. In the end, the conman who gave back what he couldn't carry learned the hard way: you can run from the law, but not from the net it weaves.