times news networkbengaluru a 36yearold man from jayanagar accused three persons of cheating him of rs 25 lakh by asking him to invest in rice business vs pradeep told police he runs a medical shop in tyagarajanagar a suspect raju name changed used to visit his shop frequently and they became friends subsequently pradeep got to know rajus wife and friend who suggested he invest in rice business to make huge profitsraju told pradeep his uncle had rice mills in hyderabad and he would help pradeep promote and develop his business by getting supplies from the millsthe trio later collected rs 165 lakh from pradeep saying the mill had developed a snag and had to be repaired rajus wife allegedly took pradeeps credit card and spent around rs 85 lakh later the suspects tried to avoid pradeep and his phone calls he met them on december 12 and demanded his money back but was allegedly threatened pradeep approached siddapura police on friday with a complaint