Rishabh Pant too gets caught up in con cricketer's googly

The list of victims of conman ex-cricketer Mrinank keeps getting longer; latest: Pant who lost Rs 1.63 crore

Mrinank Singh told Rishabh Pant that he had started a business of buying and selling luxury watches, bags, etc. File pic

Noted cricketer Rishabh Pant, the captain of IPL team Delhi Capitals, also fell victim to former Haryana cricketer Mrinank Singh, who is under arrest for duping a businessman by offering to get him expensive watches and mobile phones at a cheap rate. mid-day has learnt that Singh allegedly duped Pant of Rs 1,63,00,000 last year in February. In June that year he gave a cheque of the amount to Pant after repeated calls by the cricketer and his manager, but it bounced.

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