Jehangirabad police have nabbed a fraudster who duped a Vidisha based girl to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh in the name of facilitating Government job; accused was nabbed on Thursday.
Police said that the victim Anjana Vishwakarma was duped by Syed Mohammad Athar in the name of facilitating job in PWD but even after providing money she was not provided with job.
The victim in her complaint stated that she was assured by the accused that he could facilitate a job in PWD and after which she provided Rs 1.5 lakh in three parts of Rs 50000 each but later when she asked for appointment letter accused refused.
After the preliminary investigation police registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and nabbed the accused. Police have started investigation regarding other frauds committed by the accused with other victims in the past and duped them in the name of facilitating job.
Meanwhile, a 62-year-old woman was duped to the tune of Rs 5000 after miscreant shopped online using her bank account details; case has been registered by crime branch and started further investigation. Police said that the victim Mamta Prasahar received three messages of online shopping worth Rs 5000.
The victim informed her son Sanju who lodged a complaint with the crime branch stating that her mother received a message which got saved in the contacts without saving and later she received three messages of shopping. Based on the complaint the police have registered a case of fraud and started further investigation.