The Sundargarh police arrested four persons, including two women and forwarded them to court on Wednesday evening. The main accused had allegedly introduced herself as cousin sister of the Sundargarh Sadar MlA and winning the confidence of people, duped about 33 unemployed persons of Rs30 lakh in last four years on the pretext of giving them jobs. The rest three were aiding and abetting her.
The Bargaon police, Sadar police and Town police have registered separate cases against these fraudsters. Sources said during investigation of a case, the police had laid their hands on the key accused Jyotsna Singh who was alleged to have cheated several youths on the pretext of giving them jobs. She had introduced herself as cousin sister of Sundargarh Sadar MlA Jogesh Singh and had collected Rs30 lakh from about 33 persons of Bargaon locality and its nearby areas. The victims had lodged complaint in Town police station, mentioning that when they had gone to Jyostna’s house to ask her about their job, she was absconding.
During investigation, the police could come to know that Jyotsna’s brother-in-law Sahadev Badek(55) and another woman laxmi Karkedia (27) were also involved in the cheating. The police could come to know that laxmi Karkedia herself had given Jyotsna Rs1.20 lakh for getting a job but later she had been a part of the racket and had started persuading jobless people to give money to Jyotsna. Finally, the Town police arrested Jyotsna, her husband Chaitanya Ganjhu, her brother-in-law Sahadev and laxmi.