The Kolar police have arrested an absconding fraudster involved in duping an Ashok Nagar based man to the tune of Rs 5.51 lakh in the name of facilitating admission in Mansarowar College to victim’s daughter in the year 2017; accused was carrying a reward of Rs 5000.
Police said that the accused Alesh Tiwari (38) of Rewa was arrested after police received information regarding the accused. To evade the arrest, the accused stayed at different places.
In the case four accused were involved and three of the accused Mirtunjay Rajput, Shubham Singh and Rameshwar Sharma were nabbed earlier.
Notably in the year 2017 the victim came into contact with the master mind Alesh Tiwari who along with the three. The victim wanted admission in Mansarowar Medical College for her daughter and the accused assured that they would facilitate admission and demanded Rs 5.5 for the process. The victim after getting assured provided the money which he obtained by selling his agriculture land.
After collecting money and documents the victim’s daughter was not provided with admission and her documents were also not returned. The victim lodged a complaint with the police.
The police registered a case of fraud against the accused and arrested three accused while Alesh managed to escape and later he was arrested after escaping for 3 years.
During the investigation it was found that few more people have been duped in other areas luring the same and more cases of fraud of the same nature were revealed by the victims and complaints were made.