India, Dec. 9 -- KANPUR Owner of BlueChip Group Ravindranath Soni, 44, accused of duping over 700 investors across India, UAE, Oman and the US of nearly Rs.970 crore, managed to stay invisible to law enforcement for months. He moved with precision and refused to use his own mobile phone, communicating instead through devices of his relatives. Every step he took was calculated to leave no digital footprint. But his craving for tawa rotis and vegetables undid his meticulous planning.

He was at his door of his hideout (a hotel) to collect a food delivery order in Dehradun when the cops nabbed him last week after an 18-month international manhunt.

According to police, Soni had fled Dubai and taken shelter in Dehradun, where he was living di...