Nagpur, India- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch has arrested a man from Chhattisgarh who was part of a gang that cheated job seekers out of Rs 3.17 crore by promising them jobs in the Sales Tax Department. The man arrested is Vishal alias Achi Vishwanath Shettigar (32), from Parvati Nagar, Rameshwari.

Earlier, the EOW team had arrested others involved in the case: Vaishali alias Krisha Vishwanath Shettigar (36), Sudarshan Sanjay Enaiwar (37), Siddharth Sanjay Enaiwar (32), all from Plot No. 34, SE Railway Colony, Pratap Nagar, and Shahnawaz Firdos Khan (25) from Nari Road, Kapil Nagar. Vaishali had other criminal cases against her in Bajaj Nagar and Sitabuldi but had not been arrested before.

The investigation started after a complaint by Tanba Indurkar, a retired engineer from Nagpur. Indurkar was introduced to Vaishali by a woman named Leema Kothe. Vaishali tricked Indurkar's son Prakash, daughter-in-law Rashmi, nephew Kripasagar, and relative Anup Janbandhu into believing they could get jobs in the Sales Tax Department. They collected Rs 3.17 crore through these lies and also faced extortion charges.

Vishal had been avoiding arrest until the police found him in the Bemetara district of Chhattisgarh. A team led by DCP (EOW) Archit Chandak went to Chhattisgarh and arrested him. The court has ordered that he stay in police custody until May 30.

The arrests were carried out by API Sagar Awhad and his team, which included Pandhari Khonde, Ravindra Jadhav, Vijay Trivedi, Mangesh Gaurikar, Avikshani Bhagat, and Rohit Matale.