MBA graduate from Bengaluru arrested for conning Odisha jewelers

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: A 25-year-old MBA graduate from Bengaluru was arrested by Commissionerate Police on Sunday for allegedly dishonest three jewelry retailer house owners in Odisha by impersonating himself as an Income Tax (IT) officer.

Vishal Rajkumar Nilenge has cheated three jewelry retailer house owners in Sambalpur, Jharsuguda and Puri. The police of the three districts had circulated Nilenge’s pictures with their counterparts throughout the State.

Commissionerate Police’s Special Squad acquired details about Nilenge’s arrival within the metropolis and he was nabbed from a resort underneath Kharavela Nagar police limits.

“Nilenge had visited the jewellery stores and impersonated himself as a newly recruited IT officer. He used to purchase gold ornaments worth Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh from each store and opted for online payment,” mentioned Special Squad in-charge ACP Sanjeev Satapathy.

“The accused used two mobile phones. He used to send forged bank messages to himself stating the money was deducted from his account. However, when the jewellery store owners did not see the money getting credited to their accounts, the accused conned them by saying their internet connection might be slow,” mentioned Satapathy. 

The jewelry retailer house owners additionally allowed him to depart their premises in good religion and later realised that they had been conned. The accused has dedicated comparable offences in varied components of the nation and he was apprehended by Bengaluru police final yr.

Nilenge arrived within the metropolis from Hyderabad in a flight on April 9 and had deliberate to return on April 13. Meanwhile, Special Squad has handed over Nilenge to Sambalpur police for interrogation.