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Two booked for defrauding Rs 45 lakh from woman promising job to son
Thiruvananthapuram: Two men allegedly defrauded Rs 4.5 lakh from a 43-year-old woman by promising her son a job in merchant navy in Iran.
Vizhinjam police filed a case on the complaint of Usha Ambrose of Chowara at Adimalathura and booked Thanjavur native Venkitesh and Vizhinjam native Maneesh, 23, under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 316 (2) for criminal breach of trust and 318 (4) for cheating.
According to the complainant, the accused provided her son a flight ticket to Iran from Mumbai. However, in the absence of a valid offer letter and visa, he was not allowed to fly.
"Maneesh was my daughter's classmate and the money was paid after he guaranteed the job at any cost. We travelled to Mumbai in April for my son to board the flight. However, the accused did not provide the offer letter and visa, despite us requesting several times.
Finally, I asked the accused to return my money, but Venkitesh claimed that he did not receive any. Maneesh then challenged me to move legally to get the money.
He even behaved rudely with me. We paid him the money trusting him, but he cheated us," said Usha.
Vizhinjam police said the accused were summoned to the station to verify the allegation. "We contacted Venkitesh over the phone and told him to appear in person. The probe is on to check their involvement in other visa fraud cases as well," said police.
