Three inter-State fraudsters were arrested and forwarded to court by the Lahunipada police on Monday evening allegedly for duping eight local youths of Rs 50 lakh on the pretext of giving them jobs in railway and bank sector.
According to sources, one Chinmay Naik of Lateimundi village under Lahunipada police limits and three other youths had been trapped by a frauds group, and the miscreants had assured them to provide them jobs in railway and probationary officer jobs in bank.
The fraudsters had allegedly taken from them about Rs 33 lakh each in different phases and had not given them any employment. Finding no other alternative, Chinmay Naik and three other youths had lodged an FIR in Lahunipada police station. The Lahunipada police after registering a case and investigating the case, nabbed one Santosh Patra of Kbalang Lamsi area under Lahunipada police limits and could come to know from him that one Tarakanta Jena alias Sahani, a native of Anandpur, Keonjhar and another Dipak Rout, a native of Mahakalapada, Kendrapada, are the masterminds of the fraud.
Later, four other youths under Lahunipada police limits lodged a complaint that they had been duped of more than Rs 17 lakh under the same pretext.
The police could come to know that Tarakanta, Dipak, Santosh and some of their associates had cheated the eight youths in the name of providing them employment and had taken more than Rs 50 lakh from them.
These fraudsters had given fake appointment letters of railway to six youths and had given fake appointment letter on SBI letter head to two other youths for PO job, about one and a half years ago and used to collect money from them in different phases. They were also calling these youths to Kolkata and Bokaro to take training for their job.
During investigation, the police also came to know that these fraudsters had also cheated youths in Bokaro, Kolkata and in some other States in the name of giving them employment.
On Monday afternoon, Lahunipada police arrested Tarakanta, Dipak and Santosh and seized 12 mobiles from them, four fake appointment letters, railway and SBI stamp and six bank accounts.
The police forwarded them to court on Monday evening. Lahunipada police station IIC Santosh Jena said, “We are further investigating the case and the associates of these cheaters will also be arrested soon.”