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Kurukshetra woman held for duping man of ₹41 lakh
A woman has been arrested by Kurukshetra police for allegedly duping a man of ?41 lakh on the pretext of helping him get a government job.
The Kurukshetra police have arrested a woman for allegedly duping a man of ₹41 lakh on the pretext of helping him getting a government job.
The accused has been identified as Mukesh Giri of Kurukshetra.
As per the police, the victim, Kanwar Pal of Mohana of Kaithal, had filed a complaint with the alleging that one Gurdeep Singh arranged his meeting with Mukesh, Jasdev, Saroj and Renu and they claimed that they could help his nephew Sushil in getting a government job.
He said on August 18, 2017, he paid ₹2 lakh to them and they promised that he will get a joining letter by December 31, 2017 and the victim paid ₹39 lakh more to them on different occasions. But later they failed to get him a joining letter and also did not return the money, following which he filed a police complaint. On his complaint, the police registered a case against them under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code.
The police said the woman has been arrested and she has been sent on four-day police remand for further interrogation. The investigation to arrest other accused is going on.
