A law officer posted at the Central Jail has been arrested by the Gandhi Nagar police for duping three youths of Rs5 lakh on the promise of getting them government jobs.
According to the police, Mrigendra Pratap Singh was arrested after a complaint was lodged by the victim Mohanlal Keer of Nasrullahganj who has alleged that on the pretext of providing Government jobs the accused took Rs5 lakh from him and two other - Mahesh Keer and Shivraj Keer.
Earlier in the year 2012 Mohanlal met Singh and he was told by Singh that he is posted with the Central Jail as a law officer and could help him in getting a government job. Singh assured that Mohanlal could get a job but for this favour he had to pay Rs2 lakh. After getting assured about the job Mohanlal paid Rs2 lakh in the month of June 2012. Mahesh paid Rs2 lakh while Shivraj paid Rs1 lakh.
later, when the victims were not provided with the job, they demanded refund but every time the accused used to provide excuse for the refund and evade returning the money.
Annoyed and angry from the act victim lodged a complaint with the Gandhi Nagar police and in the investigation it was found that the accused was guilty and has collected money from the victim. During the investigation the police registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC and after the arrest accused was produced in the court on Sunday and was later sent under police custody. Police said that in the investigation it was found that the accused tried to influence the victim.