Berhampur: Police on Sunday arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly obtaining loans of around Rs 4 lakh from two private money lending firms by using documents of a security guard of a power distribution company in Oct.
The accused, identified as Debasis Patnaik of Karpura Nuagaon near Aska, got loans of Rs 3.56 lakh from the firms by allegedly using the mobile phone and other documents like Aadhaar and PAN cards of the victim. After receiving the money, the victim transferred the same amount to the account of the accused.
The victim only came to know that he was cheated when the firms recently asked him to pay the interest amount of the loans. He lodged an FIR in the cyber crime and economic offence police station on Saturday.
“We have registered a case and the accused has been arrested. Further investigation is going on,” said SP (Berhampur) Saravana Vivek M. He said the mobile phone of the accused and other documents have been seized.
Sources said the accused was working as a housekeeping staff in the company, where he became friends with the security guard.
Debasis tactfully convinced him, saying if he could use his account to receive money from his friends, he would share some of the amount. He used the victim’s mobile and took a loan by using his documents two times — on Oct 23 (Rs 68,000) and Oct 29 (Rs 2.88 lakh).
“When the victim received money in his account, the accused told him it was sent by his friends. Only after the loan authorities reached the victim to pay the interest did he realise that he was cheated,” said the SP.