A 28-year-old woman was arrested and produced before court by police for allegedly duping a retired doctor of over Rs 4.5 lakh. Further investigation was underway in this connection.
As per the complaint lodged by Dr Bijay Kumar Pradhan, a resident of Baghuabol here, Supriya Swain alias Deepa of Majhika village under the Colliery police limits had met him in disguise of a finance company agent. With her tricks, she won his faith and developed a good rapport with him. Later, she managed to get his ATM card and bank details and withdrew a whopping of Rs 4,57,385 in instalments.
Dr Pradhan got to know about the fraud when he updated his State Bank of India passbook and immediately lodged a complaint with the Talcher police. Acting on the FIR, police began an investigation and arrested Supriya under Section 420 of IPC.
“Two cases have been lodged against the woman at the Talcher and Colliery police stations. The case registered at Talcher PS claims cheating of Rs 4.57 lakh while the case lodged at Colliery PS claims cheating of Rs 1.05 lakh. The woman was arrested on August 4 and is in judicial custody now. Investigation is underway in connection with both the cases,” said Angul SP Jagmohan Meena.