Indore (Madhya Pradesh): A man from Jharkhand was arrested from Gurugram for duping a city-based working professional of Rs 10 lakh in a travel scam, police said on Tuesday. He allegedly confessed to having duped other people of lakhs across the country as well.

According to DCP (crime) Rajesh Kumar Tripathi, the working professional from the city had lodged a complaint that he was duped by a person, who took Rs 10 lakh from him on the assurance of booking tickets, travelling visa, hotels and flight booking for Dubai a few months ago.

After receiving money, the conman stopped receiving phone calls from the complainant.  A case under sections 409, 420, 467 and 468 of the IPC was registered against the accused. During the investigation, the crime branch officials managed to identify the conman as Ravi Shankar Ojha, a resident of Jharkhand. On the basis of the technical evidence, the crime branch later arrested him from Gurugram. The accused informed the police that he was working with a property investment company in Gurugram and was also running a company there.

He had contacted the complainant and took money for his air tickets, travelling and hotel bookings in Dubai. He allegedly confessed to having duped many people of lakhs of rupees in the country. The verification of his statement is being done by the crime branch team. After duping the complainant, the accused has been hiding in various states in order to evade arrest. He is being questioned further and information about his aides is being gathered by the crime branch.