A man, Binaya Kumar Dash, from Chasikhanda village under Biridi block in Jagatinghpur district was arrested by police on Wednesday on the charge of cheating gullible unemployed youths by giving them false promises of jobs.
Police seized an SUV, three laptops, six computer CPUs, five mobile phones and some incriminating documents from his possession. Dash had opened a job-providing centre in Cuttack and attracted jobseekers.
One Amlan Patnaik, a resident of Puri district, had come in contact with Dash who promised to arrange a job for him in Tata steel in Kalinganagar, Jajpur and Patnaik gave him Rs 4.4 lakh later. After the financial transaction was completed, Patnaik asked Dash to give an appointment letter for the job, but the latter could not oblige him and later promised to return his money.
As Patnaik became did not get back his money even after several months, he lodged an FIR in the Badambadi police station in Cuttack. Police swung into action, a picked up the imposter while he was repairing his SUV in a garage in Cuttack. After a brief interrogation and search in his office, he was forwarded to court.