'TV producer' held for cheating aspiring TV/movie artistes

A woman masquerading as a television producer has been arrested for allegedly cheating people of huge sums of money with the promise of making them TV and movie artistes, police said. Y Sreelatha, claiming to the producer of a leading Telugu television network, created a fake Facebook account in July 2018 and promised TV and movie aspirants roles in serials and films after collecting money from them, they said.

Acting on a complaint from two men from the city, who had paid her Rs 50,000 and Rs six lakh respectively, police conducted a probe and nabbed her from Bengaluru Friday. She was brought here on Sunday, police said.