Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Namchi cops dig out real identity of jobs-for-cash scam accused

ARRESTED AS AJAY RAI OF DEVELOPMENT AREA ON MONDAY, ACCUSED TURNS OUT TO BE SUN KUMAR SUBBA OF SOREONG
NAMCHI, 22 Nov: When the South District cops busted a jobs-for-cash racket yesterday and nabbed the suspected mastermind, they thought that they were arresting Ajay Rai of Development Area [Gangtok], because that was the name against which the complaint was made out.
The scale of his operations [at least what had been uncovered till last evening], and the statements he made to the cops had however triggered suspicion. Digging deeper, the cops today found out that the accused was in fact Sun Kumar Subba of Soreong in West Sikkim. Most people who knew him here, however, knew him as “Ajay” and thought that he ran a school in West Sikkim. They were wrong on both counts.
The accused, it may be recalled, was taken into custody on Monday following a complaint by two ladies from Namchi who alleged that he had taken money from them against promises of finding them government jobs. Soon, the list of so conned victims had grown to 21 around Namchi alone. He has been booked under Section 420/ 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
The accused is under five days Police remand at Namchi Police Station.
Today, PI Namchi Police Station, CB Basnet, informed that the accused kept changing his name and address during interrogation, leading the cops to investigate deeper into who he really was. Soon, his real name and address had been worked out.
The accused, it is learnt changed his statement often and claimed at various times to be an accountant and sometimes he said he was a peon in a government department in Gangtok.
The accused, it is now learnt is Sun Kumar Subba, a resident of Soreng Bazaar in West Sikkim.
The PI further informed as news of his arrest spread, the police has been receiving a number of written complaints and telephone calls from places across South and West districts from victims of the accused person’s con played out on unemployed youth hoping to land a job in the government or in the private sector. Sums ranging from Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 1.6 lakh had been allegedly collected by the accused from individuals in these two districts, it is learnt. [read NOW! issue dated 22 Nov 2011 for details]
The PI assured that the case was being investigated thoroughly and that they were now on the lookout for anyone else who might have been involved in the con.
It was not the victims who were conned by the accused; even his own family did not know what he really did. The father of the accused was at Namchi Police Station today and while speaking with media-persons, informed that his son was married and had two children. He went on to inform that his son would visit home [in Soreong] once a week. Throughout, the family was under the impression that he was working in an insurance company and hence kept a very busy schedule.
Meanwhile, highlighting that this was not the first time that people have been cheated with false and preposterous promises, the PI urged people to be more careful before they trusted such offers and invited them to contact the cops at 03595-263722 or 03595-264022 if they have been cheated or if they suspect that someone is weaving a similar scam.

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