The Gandhi Nagar police have booked a man for duping a 26-year-old girl in the name of facilitating job at Central Jail and duped her of `6000 and a scooter on Monday.
Police said that the victim Priyanka Dhurve was duped by accused Mahesh Chouhan who offered to facilitate job at Central Jail and escaped with `6000 and her scooter from District Collector office.
The victim approached police and lodged complaint against the accused who met her when she had gone to meet her fiancé serving jail at Central Jail and where she met the accused. After she they met accused offered of VIP meeting with her fiancé and obtained information regarding the victim. The victim shared that she had B Pharma and in search of job on which accused offered that he could facilitate job at Central Jail and he could help her.
The victim got assured and provided `6000 for challan required for job. The two came to District Collector office where accused told victim to wait as she would complete documents and left with `6000 cash and her scooter. After waiting for long victim realised that she was duped by the accused.
The police registered a case of fraud against the accused and started further investigation. Police suspect that the accused has not provided his name and to establish identity help from CCTV footages would be taken.