The Sahadevkhunta police have arrested a fraudster on the charge of duping medical seat aspirants and their parents from his native village in the Salepur area in Cuttack district. Manas Ranjan Nayak (26) was nabbed from his village on the complaint from one Kalpana Behera of Sahadevkhunta, mother of a medical aspirant Pabitra Behera.
Meanwhile, Nayak was forwarded to jail after his bail plea was rejected by court. He has been booked under Sections 420, 468, 471 and 34 of IPC.
According to the police, Nayak along with one Bimal Chaudhury of Gaziabad, apart from cheating a person from Baleswar, also deceived one Mousimi Tarai of lalbazar of Baripada and Sk Jali of Salepur. The duo under a conspiracy also duped them of about RRs 24 lakh.
The duo after hosting a website in the name of ‘KVC International’ and by publishing advertisements through local newspapers were inviting applications from medical aspirants. They were deceiving the gullible aspirants and their parents promising to provide seats at the Medical Council of India-approved colleges, the police informed.
“Manas and Bimal have siphoned about Rs 24 lakh from three persons, which have come to our knowledge so far,” informed Sahadevkhunta police station IIC Manoj Rout.