Coimbatore: District Crime Branch Police (DCB) arrested a resident of Mettupalayam on Thursday to cheating 18 people Rs 50 Lakh promising they were government work.
The police identified him as Mohan, 30, from Thasaur Village in Mettupalayam.
B Logesh Aravinth, 27, from Ramachandra Road at Puram Hospital, which runs a recruitment agent, has filed a complaint against Mohan on 3.
November “Logesh and his friends are candidates for government jobs.
Mohan promised to get their work and invite them to his house on In 2019.
He introduced his wife Shobana Priya and Mother Mani, who told the young men that some of their relatives and friends were Employees of the Tamil Nadu Public Commission (TNPSC) and worked in the government department in Coimbatore.
Logesh asked Mohan to get a work order and On January 20, 2019, Mohan gave him a command of an appointment appointments fake meeting.
After learning that they were cheated, the friends asked for Logesh to get their money back from Mohan.
Based on complaints of Logesh, the DCB police registered a case against Mohan, Shobana and Cum underneath, 406, 420 and 468 from the Indian criminal code on 3.1 November arrested Mohan on Thursday and recovered Rs 1.20 lakh from him.
He has bought two cars and started a travel agent with the money, said a police officer.