EOW Arrests Two Fraudsters for Cheating over Rs 1 Crore by Impersonating as IAS, PWD Officers
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch arrested two persons on charges of cheating of Rs 1.17 crore from a businessman by impersonating as IAS and PWD officers. The accused persons – Surymani Tripathy and Amit Kumar were arrested from Cuttack and Bhubaneswar respectively and are being forwarded to the court [...]
Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Crime Branch arrested two persons on charges of cheating of Rs 1.17 crore from a businessman by impersonating as IAS and PWD officers.
The accused persons – Surymani Tripathy and Amit Kumar were arrested from Cuttack and Bhubaneswar respectively and are being forwarded to the court of SDJM, Bhubaneswar on Saturday.
The action against the fraudsters was taken after Rikab Chand Munot alias Mukesh Jain, the proprietor of Rashtriya Stainless Steel, New Delhi, lodged a complaint against the duo.
According to the complaint, accused persons Gahlot, Surymani, and Amit by entering into criminal conspiracy with another accused and impersonating themselves respectively as the officers of RAW, IAS and PWD, cheated him and his son with the help of another lady who impersonated as Treasury Officer in respect of Rs 1.17 crores on the pretext of arranging/facilitating big government work orders/contracts for them in Works Department, Government of Odisha.
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