Even though the police have nabbed a number of builders of the city for duping customers, the number of such fraud cases continues unabated.
In a glaring example, a builder was arrested from the Biju Patnaik International Airport under the Airport police station on Tuesday for allegedly cheating customers of lakhs of rupees.
The accused was identified as Smrutiranjan Mohanty, Director at Dream Power Private Limited.
As per the complaints lodged by several customers, Mohanty was on the run after duping his clients’ lakhs of rupees on thepretext of providing flats and apartments.
Acting on the complaint lodged by the victims, police launched a manhunt and finally nabbed Mohanty at the BPIA after receiving reliable information about his movement.
While Mohanty was immediately taken into police custody, he would be forwarded to court, sources said.