A person of Balangir district was arrested allegedly for duping 29 unemployed youths of Rs 10 lakh on the promise of job in different airports. Mastermind of the case has gone absconded and is still at large.
One Smruti Ranjan Basa and one Dhiren Sahu of Balangir had done an agreement with a computer centre at Koelnagar to use their two computers on monthly basis and had started operating their office from that computer centre. Smruti Ranjan had given an online advertisement for different vacancies at different airports, including Rourkela airstrip. As many as 29 unemployed youths applied for jobs and met Dhiren and Smruti Ranjan at Koelnagar computer centre which they had partially hired.
Dhiren and Smruti Ranjan demanded Rs 35,000 to Rs 40,000 from each youth and collected total about Rs 10 lakh from them and issued them appointment letter on airport letter head. After getting the appointment letter when the victims asked about their joining, they had asked them to wait for two to three months to join in job at airport. They had also asked the youths to do duty in computer centre which they had hired, till they are posted at different airports. The innocent unemployed youths also sat in computer centre regularly and did some jobs as instructed by Dhiren and Smruti Ranjan. When the unemployed youths did not get any salary, they suspected the act of Dhiren and Smruti
Ranjan. They gheraoed Dhiren and Smruti Ranjan three days back and had demanded their salary. Mastermind Smruti Ranjan cunningly fled the spot. When the youths did not get their salary or money, they lodged an FIR.