Dismissed From Army In Cheating Case, Odisha Man Dupes Woman Of Rs 1 Lakh

Santosh Kumar Sethy befriended the woman telling her about his defence background, and took Rs 1.25 lakh promising her the job of a clerk in an Army college.

A 34-year-old man, dismissed from the Army, was arrested in Odisha's Ganjam district for allegedly duping a woman of around Rs 1.25 lakh by promising her a job and not providing it, police said on Saturday.

Santosh Kumar Sethy, resident of Nandighar in Dharakote block, was dismissed from the Army after he was arrested in two cases of cheating last year, they said.

After he got out on bail, he befriended the woman telling her about his defence background, and took Rs 1.25 lakh promising her the job of a clerk in an Army college, they added.