A Tikamgarh resident was arrested for duping a 54-year-old and his seven colleagues in the name of facilitating jobs. A case of fraud was registered by Shymala Hills police.
Police said that on the pretext of providing jobs more than a dozen people were duped to the tune of over Rs1 lakh from victim and his colleagues.
Along with Ramesh around a dozen people met Ramdas Prajapati at Apsara restaurant in the month of October where the accused assured them that he could facilitate orders of their joining and as the accused was among those who took the examinations the victims agreed to pay him.
Few days ago the victims provided money to the accused but once they found the accused was working for facilitating their jobs and had different excuses to tell they lodged a complaint with the Shymala police and based on the complaint police found during the investigation that the accused has duped the victims and was arrested.
Police said the victim had lodged the complaint and the other victims that the former claimed along with him would also be investigated as the other victims in the complaint have not yet lodged any complaint and have not contacted the police.
The victims went jobless after Assistant Teacher Recruitment Examination 1986 that they had to attend, was cancelled due to some irregularities.
The police have registered a case under Section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation.
Case against the cancellation of the examination is under consideration at the High Court, claimed the police.