Raigarh. A case of fraud of Rs 30.61 lakh has come to light with Kaushal Prasad Kaushik (66 years), a resident of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The victim lodged a written complaint at the City Kotwali police station of Raigarh on 01 December. Under the guidance of SP Divyang Kumar Patel and Additional SP Akash Markam and DSP Abhinav Upadhyay, the Kotwali police, considering the seriousness of the case, took immediate action and arrested the main accused Yashwant Patnaik in this big fraud, the search for other accused Satish Sahu and Mrs. Nirmala Nishad involved in the fraud is on.
How did the fraud happen?
The incident started in 2016, when Kaushal Prasad, working in the Gevra project, discussed about the job of children with Nirmala Nishad, a relative of his colleague. Nirmala introduced Satish Sahu, a resident of Raigarh. Satish, on the pretext of a job, first asked Kaushal Prasad to send Rs 1,17,000 in cash and in bank accounts. In the year 2018, Satish introduced him to Yashwant Patnaik, resident of village Godhi, Tamnar, who cheated him of Rs 29,44,800 on the pretext of getting him a job in Jindal company and land. In total, the accused committed fraud of Rs 30,61,800.
New fraud in the name of land
In the year 2022, Yashwant again laid a new trap of fraud. He deceived him by saying that land had been identified in Godhi village for Jindal company’s solar plant and that he would get the land at a price lower than the market price. Kaushal Prasad and his friend went to see the land, but no proof of land or papers was found in the village. When it came to asking for the money back, Yashwant sent a cheque of Rs 10 lakh of Punjab National Bank on WhatsApp in April 2024. On going to the bank, it was found that Yashwant’s account had been closed two years ago.
Quick action by police
After being cheated, Kaushal Prasad lodged a complaint at Kotwali police station on 1 December 2024. Police immediately registered a case against accused Satish Sahu, Yashwant Patnaik and accused Nirmala Nishad in Kotwali police station under Crime No. 727/2024 Section 420, 34 IPC and arrested the main accused Yashwant Patnaik father late Vishwanath Patnaik age 49 years resident of village Godhi, police station Tamnar district Raigarh. Yashwant admitted during interrogation that he had looted about Rs 10 lakh through bank account and phone pay. Police has sent accused Yashwant Patnaik on remand, search for absconding accused is on.
Role of investigation team
In this action, Kotwali police station in-charge inspector Sukhnandan Patel and investigation officer assistant sub-inspector Igeshwar Yadav played an important role. Soon the absconding accused will be arrested and justice will be provided to the victim in the case.
