Sambalpur Police arrested two individuals Thursday for allegedly defrauding approximately 2,000 people of nearly Rs 2 crore by falsely promising sweeping and sanitation jobs in various government offices within the Sambalpur Municipality.

The accused persons have been identified as Samrat Ray alias Rahul, 32, of Kshetrajpur area and Padmalaya Tandi alias Padmavati, 34, of Burla area in Sambalpur district.

The fraudsters had been duping the gullible victims through a fake company ‘RMAX Pvt Ltd’.

Speaking to mediapersons, Sambalpur Superintendent of Police, Mukesh Kumar Bhamoo Thursday revealed that following the receipt of intelligence regarding the fraud from various sources, the Sambalpur district police had kept surveillance on the activities of the fraudsters for the last couple of m

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