Updated Jan 09, 2021 | 13:38 IST
A police officer said that the accused, identified as Suresh Kumar, has duped innocent contractors in all 75 districts of the Uttar Pradesh. Imposter cheats contractors of Rs 100 crore [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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The accused showed the contractors documents bearing forged seal of the rural development ministry to win their confidence.
The matter came to light after some contractors came to know that no such scheme existed.
Two accomplices of the accused were apprehended on December 28, a police officer said.
Lucknow: An conman, posing as a firm’s managing director, cheated innocent contractors across UP of around Rs 100 crore under the pretext of granting them government tender of clean drinking water. Police, after receiving a tip-off, arrested the accused from Gomti Nagar area of Lucknow on Friday.