Cricketer To Conman: How A 25-Year-Old Cheated Rishabh Pant Of Rs 1.6 Crore

Mrinank Singh had an infatuation with dwelling a luxurious way of life, he wished to dine in costly eating places and keep in five-star motels. The younger cricketer had totally different plans to fulfil his need to reside an opulent life. Mrinank posed as an IPL cricketer who was a part of the Mumbai Indians group to cheat ladies, worldwide manufacturers coping with sports activities equipment. He had a backup identification too, in case he ever obtained caught.

Cricketer to Conman

The 25-year-old, presently a conman and previously a U-19 cricketer for Haryana, cheated a number of luxurious motels and resorts and even India’s wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant. The conman operated in a specific option to cheat manufacturers, and other people. 

He posed as an IPL cricketer who performed for the Mumbai Indians from 2014 to 2018. He used this declare to create an impression that he was “standard”. It helped him affect ladies, dine in costly eating places and keep in five-star motels with out paying payments.

In 2022, the conman stayed on the Taj Palace Lodge in Delhi for per week. He left the posh resort with out settling a invoice of Rs 5.53 Lakh and advised the workers that he was a cricketer and Adidas could be paying the quantity. The resort workers believed him and shared the financial institution particulars. He shared an ID of a transaction price Rs 200,000 lakh, however it turned out to be pretend, the police mentioned. The resort tried to contact him a number of instances to pay the dues, however he gave false guarantees till he switched his cellphone off and the police had been made conscious of the incident.

The person knew that the police had been after him, so he stored his cellphone off to not go away any hint of his whereabouts. He made his acquaintances consider that he was settled in Dubai. A lookout discover was issued towards him and the person was detained on the immigration workplace of the Delhi airport whereas he was attempting to flee to Hong Kong on December 25, nearly a 12 months after the incident.

The Backup Identification

The conman made one other try to cheat individuals and this time the immigration officers, by utilizing his backup identification as an IPS officer from Karnataka. He posed as Alok Kumar, Further Director Basic of Karnataka Police, and referred to as senior police officers to flee arrest and mentioned “He wants assist to help his son Mrinank Singh who has been illegally detained on the Delhi airport,” the police mentioned.

The police arrested him, although he tried to mislead the police and claimed that his father, Ashok Kumar Singh, performed for the Indian Cricket Workforce within the late 80s and is presently working as a supervisor with Air India and is posted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport. 

Dishonest Rishabh Pant

On a number of events, he posed as a cricketer or as a senior police officer from Karnataka. He cheated a number of individuals together with, India’s star cricketer Rishabh Pant. The police discovered that he cheated Mr Pant of Rs 1.63 crore in 2020-2021. His different victims embody cab drivers, younger ladies, bars, eating places, and so on. The conman has over 40,000 followers on Instagram account, the place he has shared a number of photos of his “luxurious way of life”. 

The police scanned his cellphone and located a number of objectionable pictures of him with ladies and mentioned there was incriminating materials current on his cellphone, which included him being concerned in buying medicine. The police mentioned a number of circumstances have been registered towards him in several states.

The police mentioned he’s a Commerce graduate from Delhi College’s Hindu Faculty. He did an MBA in Human Assets from OPJS College in Rajasthan and his household has disowned him as “they haven’t any management over him.” The accused has been despatched to a two-day police custody and a probe is underway.