Chhattisgarh Police have arrested two persons for cheating 23 youths of Rs 75 lakhs on the pretext of providing them government jobs in the High Court in Bilaspur, it was announced on Monday.
Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Deepak Kumar Jha identified them as the mastermind Yashwant Sonwani (23) and his accomplice Ashutosh Miri (22).
Sonwani hails from Janjgir-Champa and Miri is from Bilaspur district.
Complainant Raja Khande and others lodged a cheating case. Sonwani was arrested from Rajnandgaon district while Miri was nabbed from his village in Bilaspur district.
They took Rs 75 lakhs from 23 people by promising to secure for them Grade-II and grade-III jobs in the High Court. They then absconded.