Disguised as Income Tax official, man cheats childhood friend; arrested  

Paradip: The Paradip Model police today arrested a 29-year-old youth on charges of cheating his childhood friend impersonating himself as an Income Tax (IT) Inspector.

The accused identified as Subhransu Jena of Tilakana village under Nemalo police limits in Cuttack district was staying in Chakeisiani area in Bhubaneswar.

Police said Subhransu and complainant Prafulla Swain were studying in same school till Class 10. After higher studies, Prafulla was working in a private company in Bangalore. Posing himself as an IT Inspector, Subhransu assured Prafulla of getting him a job in Income Tax department and later managed to take Rs 50,000 from him. He again demanded Rs 1.5 lakh cash for the same. Lured by the offer, Prafulla quit his private job and came back from Bangalore.

Yesterday morning, both met and were roaming near the beach here, when Subhransu made a plan to win his friend’s trust. He went inside Paradip Model police station introducing himself as an IT Inspector and initiated a conversation with the cops present there.However, his trick landed him into the police dragnet.

Suspecting his activities, the IIC of the police station asked Subhransu to show his ID card. When the latter failed to furnish his ID proof, the police grilled him and managed to elicit all information from him.

The police arrested him and initiated an inquiry to find out if the accused has cheated more persons with his trick.