Odisha couple held for duping unemployed youth
ROURKELA: Uditnagar police on Friday arrested a couple for allegedly duping several gullible job-seekers of lakhs of rupees on the promise of providing them employment in the Rourkela court.
The accused, Sangram Sahoo (31) and his wife Laxmi Tanty (28), were nabbed from their rented accommodation in Timber Colony slum.
The fraud came to light after three victims of Hemgir and Rajgangpur blocks of the district filed a complaint in this connection. Zone III DSP Nirmal Mohapatra said the couple mostly targeted young rural job-seekers of Rajgangpur, Hemgir, Kutra and Bargaon blocks besides other areas of the district. “Tanty is a habitual offender. She was arrested by Bondamunda police in February 2023 for cheating a woman of Rs 30 lakh but was later released on bail.
