Promise of MBBS seat at JIPMER: Businessman cheated of Rs 43 lakh
Sattur: A 50-year-old businessman was cheated of Rs 43 lakhs by two fraudsters who promised him of getting his daughter an MBBS seat in the premier Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER) Puducherry in 2019.
A case of cheating, forgery and criminal intimidation was registered by the Sattur Taluk police against the duo from Sivakasi and Chennai, based on a direction of judicial magistrate court.
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According to the police, the duo was introduced to the businessperson through a friend. One of the accused told the businessperson that he could get his daughter a medical seat through his contacts in JIPMER upon the payment of Rs 75 lakh. He also made a few people call the complainant to make his story believable, who claimed to have gotten a medical seat because of the accused.
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