Coimbatore: The Tirupur city crime branch (CCB) on Wednesday arrested two people, including a man who posed as an advocate, for cheating a 36-year-old man and his wife by assuring to arrange government jobs.
Police identified them as M Shanmugam, 46 and K G Radhakrishnan, 55, residents of Karuvampalayam. They were arrested based on a complaint lodged by R Sanjay Kumar during the grievance day meeting on Tuesday.
“In November 2018, Shanmugam approached Kumar, claiming that there is a vacancy in the Tirupur corporation office and asked him to meet Radhakrishnan to get the job. Shanmugam introduced Radhakrishnan as an advocate and said that he had helped many people get government jobs. Kumar paid Rs 5 lakh for government posts for him and his wife. Shanmugam and Radhakrishnan promised him that the couple would be hired within a month,” a police officer said.
Kumar grew suspicious after he failed to get job offer even after three months. “He came to know that Radhakrishnan had not even completed his school studies and was working as a writer to an advocate. Along with Shanmugam, he had cheated several people of Rs 18.73 lakh,” the officer added.
CCB arrested the accused under sections 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 109 (abetment) of IPC. They were remanded in judicial custody.