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The 25-year-old conman, who was a U-19 cricketer for Haryana, scammed various costly hotels and resorts, as well as India’s wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant.
Mrinank Singh was obsessed with living the high life; he wanted to dine in fancy restaurants and stay in five-star hotels. The young player had many strategies to fulfill his desire to live a lavish lifestyle. Mrinank impersonated an IPL cricketer from the Mumbai Indians squad in order to defraud ladies and international sports accessories companies. He also maintained a backup identity in case he was ever discovered.
Cricketer to Conman
The 25-year-old conman, who was a U-19 cricketer for Haryana, scammed various premium hotels and resorts, as well as India’s wicketkeeper-batsman, Rishabh Pant. The conman used a specific method to defraud brands and people.
He claimed to be an IPL cricketer who played for the Mumbai Indians between 2014 and 2018. He made this claim to give the impression that he was “popular.” It enabled him to influence women, dine at high-end restaurants, and stay in five-star hotels without having to pay the bills.
The conman spent a week at the Taj Palace Hotel in Delhi in 2022. He departed the posh hotel without paying the 5.53 Lakh bill, telling the staff that he was a cricketer and that Adidas would pay the cost. The hotel workers trusted him and gave him the bank information. According to the leaders, he shared an ID for a 200,000 lakh transaction that turned out to be fake. The hotel attempted to contact him multiple times to collect the debt, but he made false promises until he turned off his phone and the police were informed of the incident.
The man was aware that the police were looking for him, so he turned off his phone to avoid leaving any sign of his whereabouts. He made his friends believe he was settled in Dubai. On December 25, almost a year after the incident, a lookout notice was issued against him, and he was caught at the immigration office of the Delhi airport while attempting to flee to Hong Kong.
The Backup Identity
The thief tried yet again to deceive others, this time immigration officers, by posing as an IPS officer from Karnataka. He claimed to be Alok Kumar, Additional Director General of Karnataka Police, and called senior police officers to avoid arrest, saying, “He needs help to assist his son Mrinank Singh who has been illegally detained at the Delhi airport,” according to the police.
The police held him despite his attempts to deceive them by claiming that his father, Ashok Kumar Singh, played for the Indian Cricket Team in the late 1980s and is currently working as a manager with Air India at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
Cheating Rishabh Pant
He pretended to be a cricketer or a senior police official from Karnataka on multiple occasions. He defrauded a number of people, including India’s star cricketer Rishabh Pant. The police discovered that he defrauded Mr Pant of 1.63 crore in 2020-2021. Cab drivers, young women, pubs, and restaurants are among his other victims. The conman has over 40,000 Instagram followers, where he has uploaded countless photos of his “luxury lifestyle.”
The cops searched his phone and discovered several wrong images of him with women, as well as criminal proof including him being involved in drug purchases. According to the police, multiple cases have been made against him in other states.
According to the police, he is a Commerce graduate of Delhi University’s Hindu College. He earned an MBA in Human Resources from Rajasthan’s OPJS University, and his family has disowned him since “they have no control over him.” The accused has been placed in jail by the police for two days, and a criminal investigation is proceeding.
