Phagwara: A resident of Jagraon was booked
for allegedly duping a person of Rs 20.5 lakh, police said.
The accused, identified as Mandeep, posed as Officer on
Special Duty to the then Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal,
allegedly took Rs 20.5 lakh from the complainant Jagdish for
getting his daughter a job in the police department in
September 2016, police said.
The accused even gave two cheques, of Rs 10 lakh and
Rs 10.5 lakh, to the complainant but both bounced, police
said.
Phagwara Superintendent of Police(SP) Parminder Singh
Bhandal said the accused was booked on the charge of cheating.
PTI
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