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The Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Bhubaneswar arrested two persons on the charges of cheating over Rs 1.47 core from several candidates who had appeared in the Combined Police Service Examination (CPSE) 2013.
The accused have been identified as Baikunthanath Naik and Bhimsen Moharana. Senior EOW officials said the duo, posing as Assistant Section Officer and the other as a senior official of Home Department, had duped 38 job aspirants including the complainant Badal Kumar Raula.
The complainant and 37 other aspirants had appeared in the Combined Police Service Examination, 2013 (CPSE-2013) conducted by Odisha Staff Selection Commission for the post of Sub Inspectors of Police, Sergeant and Deputy Subedar. The final merit list of the selected candidates was published in December, 2016.
As per EOW, the duo duped the job aspirants on the pretext of entering their names in the supplementary selection list of Combined Police Service Examination-2013 by impersonating as Assistant Section Officer and other senior officials.
“As the victim aspirants, who had appeared the viva-voce test, were hopeful of getting the job in case of publication of any supplementary list, the fraudsters exploited this situation,” EOW said in a release.
As per preliminary investigation, Baikuntha Naik impersonated as an Assitant Section Officer, Home Department and Bhimsen Moharana impersonated as high official of Home Department. In a bid to gain trust of the aspirants, Baikuntha had shown them fake Identity Card of Asst. Section Officer and demanded Rs.5 to 6 lakhs from each of them.
During the period from May 2020 to November 2020, the accused persons took Rs.1.47 crore from the victims. The amount was paid both through account transfer and in cash.
During investigation, it was ascertained that Bhimsen Moharana has retired as a Senior Grade Recorder from Higher Education Department.
During house search of Baikunth Naik, many incriminating documents including 12 ATM Cards as well the fake ID card of ASO have been seized. All bank accounts have been frozen. Investigation of the case is underway to identify and nab other accused persons, the EOW release added.
