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PONDA: In a startling revelation in the cash-for-jobs scam, it has come to light that queen-pin Deepashree Sawant, who is facing multiple cheating cases, was arrested by Valpoi Police in 2021 for allegedly defrauding a complainant by promising a government job and providing a fake appointment order. The case is awaiting trial.
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According to police sources, on March 12, 2021, Rajaram Dessai from Desai Wada, Advoi-Sattari had filed complaint against Deepashree that between October 2020 and February 19, 2021, the accused induced him to pay Rs 95,000 on the pretext of providing a pump operator’s job in Water Resources Department (WRD) with a fraudulent intention to commit cheating. Deepashree also offered the complainant fake appointment order have a counterfeited seal impression of WRD and forged signature for purportedly to be issued by chief executive officer, WRD, Alto-Porvorim in the complainant’s name for a job. To join the above post, the complainant used the said appointment letter for medical examination at Asilo Hospital, Mapusa, thereby the accused person cheated the complainant.
Police sources said Deepashree was arrested in under sections 465, 468, 471, 472, 473 and 420 of IPC.
Deepashree is presently in police custody as she has been arrested by the Ponda Police for cheating two individuals from Usgao and Sanvordem to the tune of Rs 15 lakh and Rs 10 lakh respectively.
Her associate Sandeep Parab filed a complaint against Deepashree, claiming that he collected Rs 3.88 cr from 44 job aspirants and handed over to the money to her.
Uma now booked for cheating Baina woman of Rs 1.7 lakh
VASCO: The Vasco Police on Thursday registered a second case Uma Patil from Baina, for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 1.7 lakh promising her a government job.
Kenchavva Madar, who also resides at Baina, in her complaint, stated that between August 19 and December 31, 2016, Uma Patil allegedly induced her to pay Rs 1.7 lakh with the promise of providing a peon’s job to her brother-in-law in the Indian Navy. However, after receiving the money, Patil failed to provide the promised job and did not return the money, the complainant stated.
It may be recalled that Ribandar-based woman Rashmi Chopdekar had earlier filed a complaint against Patil and her son Shivam for duping her of Rs 6 lakh on the pretext of providing her son a constable’s job. Uma and her son Shivam were remanded in two days in police custody by JMFC Vasco.
The police have not ruled out the possibility of the involvement of the accused in cheating more job aspirants.
The Vasco police have registered a case against Uma under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). PSI Prisley Carvalho is conducting investigation under the guidance of PI Kapil Nayak and overall guidance of Mormugao DySP Gurudas Kadam.
