Odisha: EOW lens on woman for duping 166 of Rs 1.91 crore

BHUBANESWAR: The economic offences wing (EOW) of the state Crime Branch has sought assistance of the bureau of immigration (BOI) to arrest Delhi-based Nisha Kashyap for her alleged involvement in duping 166 jobless people of nearly Rs 1.91 crore.
On Friday, BOI issued a lookout notice against Kashyap, who in connivance with her husband Bhiku Bisoyi and their associate Manikandan, allegedly duped people by promising them jobs in different companies in 2021.
Earlier, lookout circulars were issued against Bisoyi, a resident of Ganjam district, and Manikandan, who is from Chennai. They have apparently fled to Malaysia.
According to the EOW, Bisoyi and Manikandan identified themselves as directors of Kinney Infotech Private Limited, having its head office in Kuala Lumpur. They had opened a branch at Bhanjanagar in Ganjam last year.
The duo engaged several agents and asked them to draw unemployed people to visit their branch office for jobs.
“The company offered people the chance to work from home and asked them to first deposit a certain amount of security money with the company. The depositors were given some work from home assignments where they had to type several pages of Odia and English material and submit it to the company. After completion of the assignments, the depositors were paid good money (including their security deposits),” an EOW officer said.
Once they got handsome return from the company, many people deposited huge sums of money with the company in the hope of getting more work. “After collecting nearly Rs 1.91 crore, the company shut down its office in Bhanjanagar,” the officer said.
During investigation, the EOW found the alleged complicity of Kashyap in the cheating case. About Rs 38.78 lakh was transferred from Kinney Infotech’s account to that of another company in which Kashyap was the sole director. Though the EOW conducted a raid at her residence in Delhi, she was missing. The EOW said the accused are wanted by the Punjab Police as well.
Bhubaneswar: The economic offences wing (EOW) of the state Crime Branch has sought assistance of the bureau of immigration (BOI) to arrest Delhi-based Nisha Kashyap for her alleged involvement in duping 166 jobless people of nearly Rs 1.91 crore.
On Friday, BOI issued a lookout notice against Kashyap, who in connivance with her husband Bhiku Bisoyi and their associate Manikandan, allegedly duped people by promising them jobs in different companies in 2021.
Earlier, lookout circulars were issued against Bisoyi, a resident of Ganjam district, and Manikandan, who is from Chennai. They have apparently fled to Malaysia.
According to the EOW, Bisoyi and Manikandan identified themselves as directors of Kinney Infotech Private Limited, having its head office in Kuala Lumpur. They had opened a branch at Bhanjanagar in Ganjam last year.
The duo engaged several agents and asked them to draw unemployed people to visit their branch office for jobs.
“The company offered people the chance to work from home and asked them to first deposit a certain amount of security money with the company. The depositors were given some work from home assignments where they had to type several pages of Odia and English material and submit it to the company. After completion of the assignments, the depositors were paid good money (including their security deposits),” an EOW officer said.
Once they got handsome return from the company, many people deposited huge sums of money with the company in the hope of getting more work. “After collecting nearly Rs 1.91 crore, the company shut down its office in Bhanjanagar,” the officer said.
During investigation, the EOW found the alleged complicity of Kashyap in the cheating case. About Rs 38.78 lakh was transferred from Kinney Infotech’s account to that of another company in which Kashyap was the sole director. Though the EOW conducted a raid at her residence in Delhi, she was missing. The EOW said the accused are wanted by the Punjab Police as well.