Kolar police have booked a woman for duping a person to the tune of Rs 1.5 lakh in connection with facilitating government job ; accused woman posed as Congress party worker.
Police said that the victim Anand Shrivastava provided Rs 1.5 lakh to the accused Asha Jain in the name of facilitating government job that never happened and later she refused to repay the money.
In his complaint, with the Kolar police the victim stated that in the year 2015 he came into contact with the accused woman Asha Jain. She introduced herself as a Congress party worker and claimed to have contacts with big shots of the party and could help the victim in getting government job. The victim after assuring that accused could facilitate job provided Rs 2.5 lakh to the accused in November 2015.
The victim was never facilitated with the job and accused refused to refund the money after which a complaint was lodged by the victim. During the period when came in contact with the accused and till the time she refused to return and facilitate job she borrowed money apart from the money demanded for facilitation of the job.
The police have registered a case under section 420 of the IPC and have started further investigation. The victim used to work with a private firm and provided money four years ago and for the past four years the accused escaped with excuses and later refused to return or facilitate job for the victim.