Kanhu Arrested by STF,Odisha
Bureau,Odisharta
Bhubameswar:STF arrested the mastermind of the Thuggery/ Cheating/ impersonation case namely Kanhu charan Pradhan. Earlier arrested kishore mishra and some others were working in close association and under his headship. He is a resident of Tangi, khurda but has been living in Bhubaneswar. He is a graduate. Earlier he used to run a liquor shop.
This refers to STF case no 15/2023. This case was initially registered at Koraput Town PS vide case no- 122/2023, 419/420/465/468/470/471/34 IPC, Dated 25.04.2023. Later the investigation was taken over by STF. Several cases have been registered against Kanhu in the past. He has been involved in at least four more cases. Many people had saved his number as secretary/ Addl secretary etc.
Expensive mobile phones, forged/fake Govt notification/ orders and other incriminating documents have been seized from him. He had fled to Thailand and had recently returned to Odisha. It is also suspected that this group had got published some fake job advertisement in some newspapers.
This group used to cheat/ extort people claiming to be RTI activists and also fooling people that they have close proximity with senior officers and can get them crusher license, liquor license, transfer/posting etc.
This group is indulging in Thuggery/ Cheating/ impersonation at various places in Odisha.
It was also noticed that this group uses some mule bank accounts including some accounts of dead persons. They trick people by saving their numbers as some senior officers and when people verify it on ‘True-caller” they start trusting them as genuine.
Further investigation is on.
