The Ganj Police on Thursday arrested a person posing himself as Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) for collecting Rs 16 lakh from four residents of Uttar Pradesh on pretext of getting them a job in Police Headquarters (PHQ), police said.
According to the police, the victim Jitendra Singh (24), his brother Satyendra Singh, brother-in-law and one Guddu Rao of Uttar Pardesh came in contact with the accused Vishwa Prakash Dubey (30) in February last year.
Notably, the accused is native of Allahabad in Uttar Pradesh and resident of Mohan Nagar area of Durg city.
The accused had assured the victims to provide job of ASI (Clerical) at PHQ as he said he has good contacts there, police said, adding that the accused took Rs 4 lakh each from all four of them.
After getting money from the victims, the accused was ignoring them. But, the victims too forced him to meet. later, he went to PHQ on December 21, 2016 to assure the victims that he has got them their appointment. But, the victims could not meet anyone at PHQ. Thereafter, the victims decided to lodge FIR against Singh. They reached Ganj Police Station to lodge their FIR.
The police registered FIR under Section 420 of IPC.
The wife of accused is police constable and presently posted at Dhamtari Police Station.