Guwahati: A man has been detained by the police in Majuli, Assam for allegedly duping several people worth nearly Rs 40 lakh.
Police sources said that the accused Polash Jyoti Baruah had recently opened a company that took money from several people promising them to provide jobs.
Locals claimed that the Polash along with Prasanta Bora created the company named Majuli Life Health Care Private Limited to dupe people in the island district.
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The police were told that the company had first approached local panchayat members and then eventually locals of around five panchayats in Majuli.
Each person was promised jobs and some others were asked to provide items on tender.
However, for the jobs, the company took Rs 500 to Rs 6000 from people based on the profile and position they allegedly offered.
The people were told that they would be given salaries from April and were even provided with training.
But, the people grew suspicious of the people leading the company and even in June they were not given the salaries and the money for the tendered items.
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By the end of May, the prime accused, Polash Jyoti Borah allegedly went into hiding, a local claimed.
They somehow on Monday, traced him in Dhakuakhana, Lakhimpur.
Some of the locals with the help of police traced Polash and brought him back to Majuli.
He was detained by the police following the allegations.
One local claimed that despite it being known that he had opened up a private company, he had set base in a local panchayat office.
Some people even claimed that the company had recently organised a blood donation camp which they suspect to be illegal.
One of them claimed that they suspected that they might have also been involved in blood trading.
However, police said that all the allegations and documents submitted by the locals are being verified and investigated.