<p>The Sadashivanagar police have arrested a man on the charge of cheating a Odisha-based girl of Rs 17.80 lakh by promising medical seats in a reputed college in the city.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to police, the arrested has been identified as Ajithesh Mondal, a native of Kolkata and resident of Subramanya Nagar. The police have recovered Rs 5.50 lakh from him. Mondal and his wife Pinky Paul ran a business in the name of Ajitesh Mondal Higher Education Counselling Centre, having its office on New BEL Road. <br /><br />In June 2015, Mondal approached Meenakshi Bora Goyal from Odisha, claiming that he could get medical seats for her and her friend in a college in Bengaluru. Accordingly, Goyal gave Rs 17.80 lakh in cash to Mondal at his office, who asked her to contact him in September, police said.<br /><br />Later, Mondal remained incommunicado and neither Goyal nor her parents could contact him. A suspicious Goyal visited Mondal’s office but found no one there. After a few days, Mondal contacted Goyal and returned a part of the money saying that he could not get the seats. In December 2015, Goyal lodged a complaint against Mondal, his wife and the employees in his office. Mondal, who came to know of the complaint applied for anticipatory bail along with his wife. A city court refused advance bail to Mondal and he fled to Kolkata with his wife. A senior police officer said that Mondal came to city on Friday for some personal work and on getting information, the police arrested him.<br /><br />“Mondal and his employees used to approach people from different states promising them seats in medical and engineering colleges. They succeeded in getting seats in some cases, but returned money or vanished if they failed,” the officer said. The search is on for the employees of Mondal, who are now absconding. Parents told to be cautious<br /><br />The City police have asked the parents of students who have appeared for the 2016 PU examinations to be cautions of touts promising engineering or medical seats under the management quota.<br /><br />“These touts claim to have contacts in colleges. They lead a lavish life to give an impression that they are high-profile people. They take a huge sum of money promising medical or engineering seats, but vanish soon. Parents can directly contact the college for enquiry regarding seats,” a senior police officer said.<br /> </p>
<p>The Sadashivanagar police have arrested a man on the charge of cheating a Odisha-based girl of Rs 17.80 lakh by promising medical seats in a reputed college in the city.<br /><br /></p>.<p>According to police, the arrested has been identified as Ajithesh Mondal, a native of Kolkata and resident of Subramanya Nagar. The police have recovered Rs 5.50 lakh from him. Mondal and his wife Pinky Paul ran a business in the name of Ajitesh Mondal Higher Education Counselling Centre, having its office on New BEL Road. <br /><br />In June 2015, Mondal approached Meenakshi Bora Goyal from Odisha, claiming that he could get medical seats for her and her friend in a college in Bengaluru. Accordingly, Goyal gave Rs 17.80 lakh in cash to Mondal at his office, who asked her to contact him in September, police said.<br /><br />Later, Mondal remained incommunicado and neither Goyal nor her parents could contact him. A suspicious Goyal visited Mondal’s office but found no one there. After a few days, Mondal contacted Goyal and returned a part of the money saying that he could not get the seats. In December 2015, Goyal lodged a complaint against Mondal, his wife and the employees in his office. Mondal, who came to know of the complaint applied for anticipatory bail along with his wife. A city court refused advance bail to Mondal and he fled to Kolkata with his wife. A senior police officer said that Mondal came to city on Friday for some personal work and on getting information, the police arrested him.<br /><br />“Mondal and his employees used to approach people from different states promising them seats in medical and engineering colleges. They succeeded in getting seats in some cases, but returned money or vanished if they failed,” the officer said. The search is on for the employees of Mondal, who are now absconding. Parents told to be cautious<br /><br />The City police have asked the parents of students who have appeared for the 2016 PU examinations to be cautions of touts promising engineering or medical seats under the management quota.<br /><br />“These touts claim to have contacts in colleges. They lead a lavish life to give an impression that they are high-profile people. They take a huge sum of money promising medical or engineering seats, but vanish soon. Parents can directly contact the college for enquiry regarding seats,” a senior police officer said.<br /> </p>
