Bhopal

Woman cheated of Rs 18 lakh in name of getting job in aviation

Staff Reporter

A woman was duped to the tune of  Rs 18 lakh on the pretext of making her the director of the Aviation Department in the Ministry of Home Affairs. After receiving the money, the accused also handed over a fake appointment letter of the Union Home Ministry to him, when the victim found out about the letter, it turned out to be fake.

A complaint has been lodged in this regard at Koh-e-Fiza police station. Police have registered a case against the accused. The accused is yet to be arrested.

According to the police, Rekha Raikwar is a resident of Ganga Ashram Sehore and is unemployed. She told the police that she was looking for a job. Meanwhile, she got acquainted with Sukanta Das.

Sukanta Das Chakraborty said that he has connections in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Right now a vacancy has come out for the post of Director in the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

He showed Rekha a letter of notification dated January 15, 2020, written by the Government Office of the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs. He tricked Rekha that he would get you posted on this post and Rs 18 lakh will be required to facilitate which she agreed.

Sukanta Das gave the KYC document, bank statement details to Rekha. He took Rs 5.5 lakh in the project cast fee. He took this amount at Hotel Sweet Stars located in Koh-e-Fiza.

 After this he paid Rs 13 lakh in parts. After receiving the money, the accused gave him an appointment to the post of director. Which was released on 22 February 2022. Accordingly, the monthly salary was fixed at Rs.50,000 per month.