Odisha STF arrests fraud for posing as government officer and swindling people
Odisha STF arrests fraud for posing as a government officer and swindling people on Tuesday, said reliable reports.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha STF arrests fraud for posing as a government officer and swindling people on Tuesday, said reliable reports.
According to reliable reports, STF arrested another accused identified as Laxman Madhi the son of Erma Madhi of Ambaguda police station Kalimela, Malkanagiri district in the case of the thuggery, cheating and impersonation.
Earlier STF had arrested the mastermind Kanhu Charan Pradhan and Kishore Mishra. The arrested accused person is the close associate of mastermind Kanhu Charan Pradhan.
Huge transaction have been made in the bank account of Laxman Madhi that is more than 60 Lakhs and there was also frequent conversation with mastermind Kanhu Charan Pradhan.
This refers to STF case no 15/2023. This case was initially registered at Koraput Town PS vide case no- 122/2023, 419/420/465/468/470/471/34 IPC, Dated 25.04.2023.
Later the investigation was taken over by STF. Several cases have been registered against the mastermind Kandhu Charan Pradhan in the past and have been involved in six similar cases. Many people had saved his number as secretary or Additional secretary etc.
Earlier Expensive mobile phones, forged, fake Govt notification, orders and other incriminating documents were seized from Kanhu Pradhan. This group used to cheat, extort people claiming to be RTI activists and also fooling people that they have close proximity with senior officers and can get them crusher license, liquor license, transfer, posting etc.
This group is indulging in Thuggery, Cheating, impersonation at various places in Odisha. It was also noticed that this group uses some mule bank accounts including some accounts of dead persons.
Odisha STF arrested frauds as they trick people by saving their numbers as some senior officers and when people verify it on ‘True-caller” they start trusting them as genuine. In this way they have cheated the people. So far, investigation has revealed that there was more than Rs 40 crores transactions made in the accounts of Kanhu Pradhan and his associates. Further investigation is underway in this matter.
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