Even as the Commissionerate police have pulled up its socks to combat organised and street crimes in Bhubaneswar, fraud cases are rising.
The fraudsters are devising more and more innovative ways to cheat people. In an example, police arrested a person on Tuesday on charges of stealing four-wheelers on the pretext of engaging them at his office on a contractual basis.
The accused, identified by the police as Manas Ranjan Biswal who owns an office in the Nayapalli area, took the vehicles from their owners on rent for his office and disposed of them in other States.
As per reports, as many as 10 stolen vehicles were recovered from the possession of Biswal, following which many vehicle owners were seen queuing at the police station to get back their vehicles.The police have taken Biswal on remand for intensive grilling about his modus operandi and network.