Team Herald
BICHOLIM: Bicholim police have arrested a woman and one Vasu Gawas from Amona Bicholim for cheating a person and his friend from to the tune of Rs 10.5 lakh under the pretext of giving them government jobs.
Police informed that the complaint in this regard was lodged on June 2018 at Bicholim police station and they were tracing the accused. However, since committing the offence the duo was absconding.
But on November 11, the accused woman was apprehended by the people at Panjim and handed over her to Panjim police. Thereafter her custody was handed over to Bicholim police.
Later, police arrested her co-accused Vasu Gawas based on her confession. Both the accused are remanded in judicial custody for 14 days. The matter came to light after a video of one of the job aspirants who had paid money to the duo cornering the accused woman at Panjim bus stand went viral. According to sources, the duo has duped many government job aspirants of lakhs of rupees.
