The MP Nagar police has nabbed an education and job consultant for duping two students to the tune of `3.24 lakh in the name of facilitating admission in a Canadian University.
Police said that the victims Arjan Khanwani (23) of Chindwara and Tarun Dwivedi of Raipur were duped by the accused Tanmay Kumar who runs Raghu Consultancy at MP Nagar.
Police said that the accused has posted offer over internet and after spotting it, the two victims contacted and each of them paid `1.62 lakh to the accused. After money was provided to the accused, he provided fake visa and college admission letters to victims and when they enquired regarding the document, they were found fake.
Victims approached MP Nagar police and lodged a complaint. Then, police registered a case of fraud and nabbed the accused. The details of the consultancy would be investigated as documents of several people have been recovered regarding jobs and education, said police.
The victims said that they completed their class 12 in the year 2016 and wanted to pursue a diploma related to sports which was offered by the university and contacted the accused.
During the investigation it was found that few more people have been duped in other areas luring the same offer and possibly more cases of fraud of the same nature would be revealed by the victims who have been trapped by the accused.
The aides of the accused would be quizzed later in the investigation.