Victims of fraud caught a man named Sintu Sharma, a resident of Tati Jharia block from Guru Govind Singh Road Hazaribagh and handed him over to the sadar police. After lodging the complain of the victims police produced him before the court and was sent to JP Central Jail in the evening.
According to the victims Sintu Sharma and Shankar Mehta of Ichak had cheated them in the name of service in the forest Department. A victim named Kishori Mehta of Katkamsandi block said that Shankar Mehta has introduced him with Sintu Sharma as a powerful person who can help in getting service in the forest department. later he also introduced him with a person named Vikram Rao who had been appointed in the department with the help of Sharma.
After being fully assured Kishori gave him `2 lakhs for service of his son in the department. When appointment letter didn’t come he started investigating about the persons and came to know that they are cheaters who had cheated many persons also. He contacted such persons and started searching the frauds.
Today he saw Sintu and Shankar on a tea stall near the court. He immediately rang the other victims and then with the help of some locals nabbed them. During this chaos Shankar managed to escape but Sintu was caught by the mob. later they handed him to the police. Till then many victims reached to the police station and narrated their story.
Police took him in custody. According to police Sintu and Shankar have cheated about a dozen persons and have collected about 20 lakhs rupees from them. After lodging the FIR police sent him to jail.