The Town police of Bhawanipatna arrested 14 persons on Friday in connection with cheating youths on the promise of providing jobs in one, Honest Tech company.
The illegal networking business was being run by the accused persons and all of them are from outside Kalahandi.
Town PS IIC Pradeep Dharuan said their modus operendi was to entice youths to join the business by paying Rs 15,000 each. Police said after a few months the youths were being compelled to bring two other persons who would also join the business. Based upon a complaint from a few youths, the accused were arrested.
Five persons from Bhadrak, one each from Jaipur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Nayagarh, Ganjam, Cuttack, UP and MP were arrested. All are aged between 19 and 47 years. Notably, in the last month police had arrested six persons for providing jobs in a network company, who were operating in the name of Glaze Trading Provate Limited.