Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested a man who posed as a civic body employee and cheated 20 people of Rs 5.11 lakhs by promising them houses under the Prime Minister’s Awas Yojana (PMAY) here.
Raipur Additional Superintendent of Police (Urban) Tarkeshwar Patel told the Pioneer that Shyamu Chelak was from Telibandha locality in Raipur.
He was nabbed following a complaint from victims Manju Banjare, Manoj Machhuwar and 18 others.
Chelak took Rs 87,000 from Banjare and a total of Rs 4.24 lakhs from Machhuwar and his family members.
Chelak told the police that he posed as a Raipur Municipal Corporation employee and promised to houses them houses in Labhandih, Santshi Nagar, Amlidih and Kathadih areas.