Gandhi Nagar police have booked a fraudster who posed as excise officer and duped a Rajgarh based woman to the tune of Rs 96000 in the name of facilitating bail for her son serving jail for May 2019 at Bhopal Central jail.
According to the police, the victim Leelabai lodged a complaint against the accused who posed as Govind Singh Rajput and duped her in the name of facilitating bail for her son.
Police said that the victim in her complaint stated that she met the accused at the jail premises where he posed as excise officer and claimed that he was recently released on bail. He offered to help and lured the victim that he could help in facilitating bail. The victim has to shed Rs 96000 for the work and victim provided the money after she got assured.
Later, she found that the accused cheated her and after failing to contact him or find him she lodged complaint with the police. The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Son of the victim was arrested on the charges of sexual assault of a minor girl and serving jail from May 2019. His mother who lives in Rajgarh used to meet him during which she met the accused and was trapped by the accused.
The victim told the police that the accused told her that he lives in Karond. Based on the detail police started investigation and started search for the accused.