Bhubaneswar: Berhampur Police arrested a woman on Wednesday for cheating Rs 7.5 lakh from a youth on the pretext of providing a job in Indian Railways.
The accused has been identified as JMS Prava (28) had cheated one S. Hitesh Patra (25) of Gobindapur under Sorada police limits of Ganjam district.
Patra was in search of a job when his friend Kartika Sahu of Sorada provided him the name and address of Prava of Berhampur.
Subsequently, Patra met her near Sai Complex in Berhampur in June 2022. She assured him to get a job in Group ‘C’ post at Indian Railways if he paid Rs 11 lakhs.
Patra paid Rs 7.5 lakhs in various installment to get the job. Prava provided fake documents to him and demanded the rest amount of Rs 3.5 lakhs.
She was apprehended on Wednesday morning while trying to get the balance money.
