Three members of an inter-State fraud gang were arrested and forwarded to court by the Rourkela police on Saturday.
The police identified them as Sekhar Goswami, Karan Sharma and Rahul Pandey, all residents of Rourkela city. Forging their voter ID card, address proof and other related documents, they had prepared fake ID proofs in the name of different persons and had opened accounts in the names of Saroj Mohanty, Ramesh Sharma and Raju Singh in local branches of commercial banks like Axis Bank, Punjab National Bank, United Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and State Bank of India.
Sources said their mastermind is located outside Odisha.
Their targets were the failed candidates of the All India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) examination. The gang was promising a medical seat for Rs5 lakh.
Police seized as many as five bank accounts of the gang and seized Rs10 lakh.
On a tipoff about the fraudulent practice of gang, the police had raided their houses. During interrogation, the three accused confessed to the crime.
“The mastermind is located outside Odisha, We are sending a police team to nab him,” said DSP PK Mishra.