A man accused of duping a citizen under the pretext of facilitating a job in the excise department was arrested by the police and presented in the court from where he was sent to jail.
Kankhal resident Mukesh Sharma had filed a complaint with the police stating that when his wife went to a showroom to buy a two-wheeler for their daughter, she met a person there.
This man claimed to be excise sub inspector Ujjwal Goswami. He allegedly said that he could get Sharma’s daughter a job in the excise department in return for money. He was paid Rs 80,000 along with the daughter's laptop. However, when contacted about the job later, the accused started abusing and threatening him. Based on the complaint, the police lodged a case under various sections of the IPC.
While investigating the case, Sharma’s daughter’s laptop was recovered from the cupboard kept in the accused's room. Kankhal police station officer
Hariom Chauhan informed that the accused was also facing trail in a case of online fraud of Rs 25,000. The police presented him in the court and also informed about his history. He was sent by the court to jail, added Chauhan.
