In two separate incidents on Saturday, a youth of city was duped of about Rs 40,000 on the pretext of getting job, while in other case some unidentified thieves decamped with valuable worth about Rs 1 lakh from a house located in Pandri area.
Police are struggling to make any breakthrough in both the cases. City Superintendent of Police, Rakesh Bhatt, informed that Krishna Kumar Panda (21) resident of Mowa area has registered a case in this connection. In the report Panda alleged that a few days back through an online job portal he came in contact with two persons Nitish Sinha and Sumit native of Kaling Nagar Odisha. The accused promised Panda of getting him employed as engineer in a private company and demanded Rs 39,600. After Panda deposited the amount in the bank account, they snapped all contacts with him. A case under Section 420 of Indian Penal Code has been registered against Sumit and Nitish in this connection.
In another incident, some unidentified thieves decamped with valuables around Rs 1 lakh from a house located in Pandri area. The house members had left the house just for one hour and the theft happened. Station House Officer Pandri lK Jaiswal informed that Shahid Ali of Pandri has registered report in this connection. Cash Rs 45,000 and other valuables worth around 50,000 were stolen from the house.