Mysuru: A Congress leader in city has been accused of cheating a woman of Rs. 10 lakh, a loan that was sanctioned through Prime Minister Mudra Scheme. The woman has lodged a complaint with K.R. Police Station in this regard.

The politician has been identified as Basavaraja Nayak, General Secretary of Mysuru Rural District Congress Committee and the cheated woman has been identified as Kavitha Selvam, a resident of Srirampura.

Basavaraja, who had got Rs. 10 lakh sanctioned through Prime Minister Mudra Scheme in the name of Kavitha Dress Makers, had not informed Kavitha its owner, but had allegedly opened an account at Punjab National Bank in her name with the help of a bank official and had deposited the money in that account. He later withdrew the money and was not paying the installment.

Kavitha came to know that she had an account in Punjab National Bank only after she received a notice from the bank asking her to pay the installments for the loan. Shocked at being cheated, Kavitha lodged a complaint against Basavaraja and the bank official at K.R. Police Station.

Meanwhile, K.R. Inspector Prakash, told Star of Mysore this morning that the woman had lodged a complaint against Basavaraja two days ago, following which the Police had collected information from the bank.

He further said that yesterday, Kavitha came to the Police Station and gave a statement saying that Basavaraja had returned the full amount and they had reached a compromise. “Hence, we have not registered a case against Basavaraja Nayak,” the Inspector said.