Man posing as ex-MP’s son duped 250 businessmen of Rs 3 crore, held

A man has been apprehended for allegedly defrauding around 250 businessmen of approximately Rs 3 crore by falsely claiming to be the son of a former Lok Sabha MP. Sachidananda Bhoi, operating a car-repair franchise scheme in Bhubaneswar, collected substantial investments before absconding. Police investigations reveal his involvement in multiple other cheating cases, with an arrest made in West Bengal while he reportedly planned to flee to Nepal.

By DEBABRATA MOHAPATRA