Delhi: Ayurvedic practitioner duped of 5 crore by man who claimed to own TV channel

Jha allegedly introduced himself as the head of a TV channel and introduced his wife as an expert on running TV channels, a senior police officer said. He also told Bhardwaj that he had earlier worked in Doordarshan.

The complainant alleged that Jha made a proposal and induced him to establish his own TV channel, for which he gave around Rs 5 crore to the accused. Later, the complainant got to know that Jha cheated him.

“Police arrested Jha on Friday. He earlier worked as Deputy Director in Doordarshan at Jodhpur and had been convicted in a criminal case filed by Doordarshan for cheating and misappropriation of goods from its stores,” Joint Commissioner of Police (EOW) O P Mishra said.