India, June 13 -- The Yerawada police have taken custody of a Telangana-based man accused of cheating students and parents by promising admissions to MBBS courses in reputed medical colleges and collecting lakhs of rupees under the guise of counselling and admission assistance. The accused was brought to Pune from Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail on June 8 for further investigation, police sources informed on Friday.

The accused, identified as Adityakumar alias Arvind Prakashkumar Aarogonda (47), a resident of Secunderabad, Telangana, is wanted in connection with a cheating case registered at Yerawada police station on March 18. The case was filed under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) after a complainant alleged that the a...