An unknown organisation duped a woman of Kandhamal district of Rs 45,000 in two phases by giving a false SMS on her mobile number that she had won a lottery worth Rs 5 lakh.
The police arrested a man involved in the case after the woman lodged a complaint at the local police station. According to the police, complainant Puspanjali Patro of Baliguda area reported at the Baliguda police station that an
SMS was delivered to her mobile that she had won the lottery and she was asked to deposit a sum of Rs 25,000 in first phase and then Rs 20,000 in an unknown bank account number of the fraud company. When the company insisted on her to deposit more money in the same account, she
lodged the case at the police station.
The Baliguda police registered a case and started investigation into it. During the investigation, the involved persons were located and their account number found in Kolkata was frozen.
Accused Susanta Das working as a security guard in Kolkata was arrested by a team of police officers headed by Sub-Inspector S Hansda and brought to Baliguda on Tuesday.