The Commissionerate police on Wednesday arrested a woman for allegedly befriending a youth on Facebook and looting cash of around Rs 10 lakh and other valuables from his house.
The accused woman had a Facebook account named ‘Angel Pihu’. But her real name is Pihu Biswa and she is a resident of Kolkata. She was arrested from Baliapanda in Puri where she was presently residing.The accused allegedly befriended a youth from Bankual in Bhubaneswar by introducing herself as a staff of a reputed college. Later, she visited the youth’s house on August 15 and looted Rs 10 lakh cash, ornaments and other valuables after feeding him with eatables laced with some intoxicant. ACP Zone 5, Sanjeev Satpathy said, “The woman befriended the youth on WhatsApp by introducing herself as an employee of a reputed college. She also claimed to be an insurance agent and visited the youth’s house.” “She spent the night at the youth’s house and served him prasad laced with sedatives. When the youth fell unconscious under the effect of the sedatives, the accused woman fled with Rs 10 lakh in cash, jewellery, cell phones, ATM cards and other valuables,” Satpathy said. Gold ornaments worth Rs 5 lakh and some cash were seized from her possession following her arrest, police said. Sources said the woman was earlier arrested in Kolkata for similar frauds.