Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], March 20 (ANI): One accused was arrested from Noida for an alleged fraud of more than Rs 2.35 crores in the guise of paying a man Rs 3 crores from a Government of India scheme.

As per the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Bhubaneswar, the accused, Himanshu Bhandari was arrested on March 15, 2022, on the charges of duping an Odisha-based businessman of Rs 2.5 crore. The accused reportedly duped the businessman from Joda in the Keonjhar district by posing as a senior government/RBI official, it said.

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The EOW, Bhubaneswar stated that the complainant, Pramod Rout had alleged that Himanshu cheated him to the tune of Rs 2.35 crore on the pretext of paying Rs 3 crore under Pradhan Mantri Rahat Kosh Yojana against his insurance policy. (ANI)

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