Berhampur: A man was arrested in Odisha’s Ganjam district for allegedly cheating over 500 people on the pretext of arranging jobs in Singapore.
The accused, identified as Subrat Kumar Palo (45) of Hillpatna locality in Berhampur, was arrested on Wednesday on the basis of an FIR lodged against him at Berhampur Sadar police station, police said on Thursday.
Police seized two mobile phones, photo copies of air tickets, computer generated work permits for Singapore, photocopies of health check-up certificates by a Chennai diagnostic centre and computer-generated fake appointment letters of a shipping firm were seized from his possession.
It was found that Palo, along with another person, started a job consultancy and training centre at Bhabinipur and advertised about it through posters, banners and leaflets to lure job aspirants by offering good jobs in Singapore besides conducting interviews.
The accused have allegedly cheated around 500 people and collected Rs 30,000 from each person, police said.
As per Berhampur SP Saravana Vivek M, police found Palo was also involved in three more cheating cases, including one registered at Vizianagaram rural police station in Andhra Pradesh on March 6, 2024. Other two cases were registered at Berhampur town police station in August 2009 and Tikabali police station in Kandhamal in July 2017.
