Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Man Arrested for Duping Engineer Out of ₹2 Lakh
A man pretended to be someone important from the Chief Minister's office to trick an engineer into giving him money.
He called the engineer multiple times, pretending he could get him transferred to a dangerous place if he didn't pay up.
The engineer, not realizing it was a scam, gave the man Rs 2 lakh.
The engineer realized he was tricked when the man asked for more money.
The police later arrested the man in Bhubaneswar.
A man was arrested by Airfield police in Bhubaneswar.
The accused, Janaki Ballav Mohapatra, allegedly impersonated a CMO official.
Mohapatra is accused of extorting Rs 2 lakh from a government engineer.
The engineer, Pratap Kumar Haripal, is a superintending engineer in Angul.
Mohapatra threatened the engineer with a transfer to Malkangiri if he did not pay.
- Who
- Janaki Ballav Mohapatra was arrested; the victim is Pratap Kumar Haripal, a superintending engineer.
- What
- A man was arrested for allegedly extorting money from a government engineer.
- When
- The arrest occurred on Friday.
- Where
- Bhubaneswar, India
- Why
- Mohapatra allegedly extorted money by impersonating a CMO official and threatening the engineer.
- Accused
- Janaki Ballav Mohapatra
- Victim
- Pratap Kumar Haripal
- Profession
- Superintending Engineer
- Location of Arrest
- Bhubaneswar
- Amount Extorted
- Rs 2 lakh
- Police Involved
- Airfield police