Pradeep Panigrahi duped job Seekers, ADG,Odisha

Bureau, Odishabarta

BHUBANESWAR:Odisha ADG, Crime Branch, Soumendra Priyadarshi, on Saturday said that expelled BJD MLA from Gopalpur Pradeep Panigrahi has defrauded people on the pretext of offering them employment in Tata Motors.

In a Press meet, at Cuttack, Priyadarshi said so far six youths cheated by one accused Akash Pathak which came to front and they have lodged complaints with the Crime Branch. While two of the six complainants had transferred money to the bank accounts of Pradeep Panigrahi, four others have given money to either Panigrahi or his associates.

The ADG asked the job aspirants, who were cheated but have not filed complaint so far due to fear or for any other reasons, to come forward and lodge complaint. The ADG said a case was filed in the Cyber Police Station of the Crime Branch on September 23 on the basis of the report submitted by the DGM Ethics Trilochan Mohanty against Akash Pathak. The case was filed against Akash under Sections 419, 420, 467, 468, 469, 471 and under Section 66 (c) (b) of the IT Act.

As per the FIR, Akash Pathak, projecting himself as in-charge CMD of Tata Motors, has cheated the company and common people by preparing fake identity card, visiting card and creating fake email ID using the Tata Motors logo. Priyadarshi said Akash had also cheated the job aspirants by taking money from them with a promise to provide those jobs in Tata Motors.

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