Kolkata: Two dupe 4 college aspirants of Rs 1.5 lakh with promise of seats

KOLKATA: A 39-year-old woman has alleged that two youths, one residing at Kasba and the other at Burtolla, have duped her niece and three of her friends after promising them admission at a north Kolkata college.
In the process, the two accused, Himangshu Ghosh (21) and Aman Jaiswal (28), defrauded Rs 1.5 lakh from the victims. The Chitpur police has registered an FIR under relevant sections of cheating and forgery. Though cops nabbed the duo within 48 hours of the complaint they wondered why the victims relied only on the words of the two young men without checking on their own.
According to police, Rina Banka (39), a resident of an apartment on the Rajdanga Main Road, alleged that she met Jaisawal in the month of July through acquaintances and spoke about the admission of her niece. It was then that Jaiswal introduced her to Ghosh, who claimed to be a former student of the college and knew both the college union president and the principal.
“Ghosh had impersonated himself as an ex-student and induced the complainant’s niece and her three friends to get admission in the college in lieu of a hefty donation money. The victims then transferred a total Rs. 1,51,000 through cash payments and online transactions into the accounts of the accused. In return, the accused sent emails with forged online receipts and claimed they had been issued by the college. Later, when the victims finally went to the college to complete the admission formalities, they realized that they had been duped,” said an investigating officer.
“We looked into the bank transactions. Some money was distributed using e-wallets. There were multiple transactions after the money was deposited. We developed leads from these and arrested them. We believe they had duped other students too,” said a source.