Berhampur: A couple was arrested from Brahma Nagar area in Berhampur of Ganjam district on Monday for duping around Rs 10 lakh from young job aspirants.
The accused have been identified as Krushna Chandra Sethi and his wife Simple Sethi, residents of Medical Bank Colony in Berhampur.
Reportedly, the duo had opened an organisation by the name of Ks Real Estate Services and had invited job applications through advertisements on various web portals.
They had collected over Rs 10 lakh from around 40 job aspirants and had provided them with fake ID cards as employees of Bhanwariya Infra Projects Pvt Ltd.
Assistant Manager of Bhanwariya Infra Projects Pvt Ltd., Vijay Kumar Thakur, came to know about the fraud and lodged a complaint in this regard at Gosaninuagaon Police Station.
Based on the complaint, police conducted a probe and arrested the couple. Ten computers, identity cards, and bank documents were also seized from their possession.
