The Paradip Model police on Saturday arrested a youth on the charge of cheating his childhood friend posing as an Income Tax (IT) official.
The accused was as identified as Subhransu Jena of Tilakana village under the Nemalo police station in Cuttack district and at present residing at Chakeisiani in Bhubaneswar.
Police said Subhransu and complainant Prafulla Swain were studying in the same school till Class-X. After higher studies, Prafulla was working in a Bangalore-based private firm in.
Impersonating as an IT Inspector, Subhransu promised Prafulla of getting him a job in Income Tax Department and managed to fleece Rs 50,000 from him. Tempted by the offer, Prafulla resigned from his job and came back from Bangalore.
On Friday morning, Subhransu made a plan to win his friend’s trust. He went to the Paradip Model police station introducing himself as an IT Inspector and had a conversation with the cops. But his suspicious trick brought him under the police scanner. Suspecting his activities, the police station IIC asked Subhransu to show his ID card.
When the latter failed to do so, police questioned him and managed to extract all information from him. Later, he was arrested.