Earlier this week, the Bidhannagar Police received a message they had long awaited. The WhatsApp group ‘All States v/s Ajay K Investigation’ showed that the Kerala Police had detained Ajay K, also known as Karupati Ajay — a master con man described by one officer as the “most cunning fraudster” they had seen in recent times.

Within hours, a special team reached Aluva in Kerala’s Ernakulam and took into custody Ajay K — a 25-year-old Telugu-speaking Bengalurean who allegedly conned people of at least Rs 2 crore.

For the Bidhannagar Police, the arrest — linked to a fraud case under probe since July — was a major breakthrough. A BTech dropout, Ajay is believed to have befriended victims, defrauded them of their possessions, and disappeared without a trace. Sometimes, he even allegedly

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