Man held for duping four perons of Rs 64 lakh on promise of job offers

BERHAMPUR: Padmapur police in Rayagada district on Wednesday arrested a 39-year-old man for allegedly duping four persons of nearly Rs 64 lakh on pretext of providing them government jobs.

The accused is Prasanna Karada of Rajpur village. Padmapur IIC Dharanidhar Pradhan said Prasanna was arrested on basis of the complaint lodged by one Sridhar Praharaj of Khambariguda village. Sridhar claimed that posing as a top government officer, Prasanna took Rs 40 lakh from him to appoint his son as a forest ranger. However, the accused failed to provide the promised job and also did not refund the money.