Bhubaneswar, Mar 4: The Economic Offence Wing (EOW) Odisha arrested one Akashpu Veera Chaitanya, Son of Late Akashpu Basava Raju from the Palem Police Station area in Visakhapatnam on Sunday and produced him before the Designated Court in Cuttack today.
The arrested accused Akashpu Veera Chaitanya by entering into a criminal conspiracy with mastermind Md. Sanaullah, Sakshi Jain of Hyderabad, Surath Dalai of Balasore and others floated the fake advertisement in a fake website and in the local dailies of different States. In the name of application fee for the jobs, they collected Rs.1000/- per candidate and cheated the job aspirants across the nation to the tune of crores of rupees. As found, an amount of Rs.60 lakhs from the cheated amount has landed in the account of the arrested accused A V Chaitanya.
This racket was being run from Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad but was operating in at least 06 States including Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
During investigation, it was revealed that the advertisements had been published by one newly created fraud organization “Aided Schools welfare Society” in which it is mentioned that applications are invited from eligible candidates for Non-teaching posts in Aided Schools in Odisha for different posts like Development Officer, Welfare Officer, School Supervisor, School Clerks, School Attenders and watchmen with specific eligibility and remuneration and vacancies. The last date of online Application for the above posts was 10.01.2024. The salary offered was from Rs.28,000/- to Rs.40,000/- per month.
Earlier, Mohammad Sanaullah, Sakshi Jain and Surat Dalai were arrested in the case.
Many incriminating articles like one laptop, three mobile phones, four pen drives, one hard disc, debit cards and cheque books have been seized from the possession of the arrested accused A V Chaitanya.
