Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday arrested a man for cheating 10 persons of Rs 14.82 lakhs by promising them government jobs in Kabirdham town.
Kabirdham Superintendent of Police Lal Umed Singh identified him as Hitesh Dhurve of Dhamtari district. He now resides in Shyam Nagar in Kabirdha town.
The police nabbed him from Sauraband village in Dhamtari district following a cheating case lodged by the victims.
Dhurve told the police that he took Rs 1.47 lakhs from Khileshwar Nirmalkar, Rs 63,000 from Prasad Yadav, Rs 1,02,000 from Rajkumar Jangde, Rs.2,00,000 from Jameel Khan, Rs 55,000 from Roshan Patel, Rs 70,000 from Pintu Sinha, Rs 4,50,000 from Dinesh Thakur, Rs 20,000 from Dakeshwar Patel, Rs 35,000 from Ranjeet Singh Rajput and 3,40,000 from Israel Khan.