Former cricketer Rishi Arothe nabbed from Goa

Updated: Apr 24th, 2024


Former cricket player Rishi Arothe, who absconded from the police when on bail, was nabbed by the special operation group (SOG) in Goa.

Rishi Arothe was tasked with transferring the amount from Kota’s Swaminarayan Temple to Nashik in Maharashtra. However, he reportedly took ₹1.39 cr out of ₹2 cr he was supposed to transfer through an Angadia service and sent it to his father’s home in Vadodara, where it was seized by the SOG.

The amount was collected at the Swaminarayan Temple in Rajasthan’s Kota during the Shatamrit Mahotsav in Gujarat’s Sarangpur.

The temple authorities wanted it transferred from the Kota temple to a Swaminarayan Temple and Hostel in Nashik.

Meanwhile, a complaint was registered against Rishi Arothe in the Manjalpur police station for extortion of ₹29.75 lakhs and ₹5.27 lakhs in the name of coaching in Raopura police station

Manjalpur police had arrested him, however, Rishi absconded after being released on bail, and SOG’s PI VS Patel and team were constantly on the trail.

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