CG-FRAUD-ARRESTS (CORRECTED)

Four persons were

arrested in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district for allegedly

duping several people in the name of Pradhan Mantri Awaas

Yojana, a flagship Central government housing scheme, police

said Sunday.

The accused, allegedly posing as government officials,

had siphoned off money from the accounts of the people by

collecting their bank and identity details on the pretext of

providing houses under the scheme, an official said.

The four were arrested from Lailunga area here on

Saturday based on the complaint of Kharsia residents Hemlal

Raitiya and Bharat Ram Kalaar, Raigarh Superintendent of

Police Rajesh Agrawal said.

He identified those arrested as Lailunga residents

Dharmendra Mahant, Sanjay Tirky, Shravan Mahant and Chaitan

Yadav.

As per two complainants, on January 5, two of the

accused had posed as Janpad Panchayat officials and had taken

the complainants' Aadhaar numbers, mobile numbers and thumb

impression through a digital device in the name of a PMAY

survey, Agrawal said.

Later, Raitiya and Kalar found that Rs 10,000 and Rs

1,900 respectively had been withdrawn from their bank accounts

following which they informed police, he said.

As many as 15 ATM cards, five mobile phones, one

computer set, one JCB machine, one motorcycle and Rs 5000 cash

were recovered from them, he said.

The accused admitted to having duped several people in

four districts- Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh, Jashpur and Balrampur

on the pretext of providing houses under the PMAY scheme, he

said.

They have been charged under section 420 (cheating)

and 34 (acts done by several persons in furtherance of common

intention) of the IPC, he added.

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