Odisha: Two Fraudsters Arrested For Duping Higher Study Aspirants of Rs 3 Crore in Balasore
Balasore: The Balasore Cyber police in Odisha arrested Two persons for duping aspirants of more than Rs3 crore on the pretext of giving them admission in medical and engineering colleges, here on Sunday.
The accused were identified as Sunil Samantharai and Sumit Vishwala of Jajpur district. They have been caught by the cyber police during investigation of a complaint of duping one person of Rs 21 lakh in Khantapada area of Balasore.
According to sources, the duo opened a consultancy centre in Bhubaneswar, where they promised the aspirants to get them admission in their favourite colleges. On this pretext, the duo took lakhs of money from the aspirants.
Giving details, Balasore Superintendent of Police (SP) Sagarika Nath said the racket was busted during investigation of a complaint lodged with the cyber police station.
During the investigation, the cyber police found involvement of the two in the racket. They had opened a firm called Sai Academy Consultancy in Bhubaneswar and cheated students and their parents by offering them seats in different medical and engineering colleges.
The fraudsters gave fake enrolment letters, hostel admission letters and even stethoscopes and aprons to the medical aspirants. The police also seized fake Aadhaar cards from the possession of the two accused.
