: Intensifying investigation in a fake job racket case, the Baleswar police arrested a 32-year-old woman here on Friday. The accused identified as Basha Baranali Das of Mallikashpur under Town police station was forwarded to court and further sent to jail after rejection of her bail petition. Notably, earlier in the case, five persons including the father and mother of the kingpin were arrested.
The mastermind Samesh Panda of Sunduri area is still at large.
Das was stated to be a friend of Samesh and associated in the fake job syndicate. Two teams of police have been sent to southern States to trace the kingpin. Earlier, the police had seized over Rs 3 lakh cash and gold ornaments worth Rs 10 lakh from the possession of the Samesh. Also, properties worth over Rs 1 crore of Samesh are under process of freezing.
The racket duped several gullible job aspirants in the guise of placing them in different sectors including Government and PSU. The fraudsters had in order to win the confidence of the educated jobless youths had conducted fake interviews and offered them appointment letters under fake letterheads, signatures and seals. They had swindled lakhs of rupees from the job seekers and received the amount through different bank accounts.
Police during investigation could learn that Samesh was earlier associated with a chit fund company and was arrested in a crime in Bhubaneswar, said sources.