Odisha Police arrest NRI conman involved in job fraud cases

ODISHA Police personnel have arrested a "suave NRI conman" for duping highly qualified professionals of lakhs on the pretext of facilitating them get well-paid jobs abroad, Vinaytosh Mishra, DGP, Odisha Crime Branch, said on Friday.

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The accused Bishnu Prasad Pattnaik alias Biranchi Narayan hails from Begunia police station area of Khordha district.

"The accused cheated a qualified aeronautical engineer, who passed out from a college in Coimbatore, to the tune of Rs 90 lakh on the pretext of providing a job in British Airways and then Lufthansa airways,” said Mishra.

The accused even created fake offer and appointment letters to deceive the victim aeronautical engineer from Gunupur.

Based on the complaint lodged by the victim, a case was registered at Gunupur police station of Rayagada district on October 29, 2018.

The Crime Branch later took up investigation into the case, registering a fresh case in this regard.