The Khandagiri police on Friday arrested and court-forwarded a youth of Ganjam district’s Kodala area on the charges of duping girls of over `12 lakh on the pretention of love and marriage.
Shiba Ranjan Patnaik was introducing himself as son of an IAS officer or an IAS probationer before different girls to win their trusts. Though married, Shiba had relationship with many girls. His intention was only to take money from the girls. He was using ATM cards of two employed girls, police sources said.
The police also seized a Maruti WagonR from his possession. “The youth has duped a girl of `5 kakh and another of `7 lakh. Investigation is on to establish whether any other girl has been cheated by him and whether other persons are with him,” said DCP Satyabrata Bhoi.
Shiba, father of a seven-year-old daughter, was allegedly using his wife to defraud girls, sources said.