Five villagers of Ghantasahi under Berhampur police station in the Nilgiri area have allegedly duped a Delhi-based IT company of Rs 8 lakh and are absconding.
The matter came to the fore after a team of the company personnel reached Ghantasahi and searched for the youths on Sunday. Failing to trace them, the company men talked to the police. However, they didn’t lodge any written complaint.
According to the team, the five persons were engaged as retailers in the software company by under an agreement. Following verification of all testimonials, the company allotted them ID to operate online cash transactions between the company and its clients.
It was agreed that the retailers would get one per cent commission of each transaction made by them and two per cent would go to the company’s account.
Recently, the company could know that although transactions of over Rs 8 lakh were made, not commission was credited into its account.
These touts defrauded the firm by adopting certain unscrupulous means, said company officials.