ES Reporter

NAHARLAGUN, Nov 23:  The capital police arrested conman Ratan Nath (65), who duped five people from Arunachal Pradesh of Rs 19 lakhs by impersonating as managing director of a finance company ‘Omega Associates’.
Following the complaints received at Naharlagun police station, a team of police led by SI SK Jha under the guidance of OC Minli Geyi and supervision of Superintendent of Police Jimmy Chiram (IPS) successfully arrested the conman from Guwahati, Assam on November 15.
The SP informed that a complaint was registered against one Mahesh Sharma, who later after arrest disclosed his original name as Ratan Nath. The conman used different names and was on the run for the last eight months, and was fleecing people by assuring financial and technical support in setting up small-scale factories.
He said it was only after electronic and human surveillance that the police came to know that the accused was using different names creating fake IDs and fake company names through a fake trading license. 
“The police team took forward the investigation based on Case No-21/22 u/s420/120-B IPC. During the investigation, it was learned that Mahesh Sharma doesn’t exist. His name and address were for obtaining a bank account in the name of the firm,” he said.
It was after months of surveillance, the police team learned that Mahesh Sharma was operating by another name, Mrinal Baruah, and had set up another finance company by the name of Star Marketing Services in Guwahati, Assam.
“Subsequently, the police planted a decoy customer to the registered office and later arrested Mahesh Sharma, who identified himself as Mrinal Baruah,” he said, adding that the conman so far used five different names to cheat people and is wanted in the state of Nagaland and Assam.
The conman hired employees for his fake company through a leading local daily newspaper. Ignorant youths become the victims, who after appointment gathered customers for the company.
Ratan Nath, a graduated from ADP College, Dhemaji (Assam) in the year 1985-86 started identity frauds, impersonation, forgery, etc in the year 2000. His fraudulent business model involved dishonest promises to customers to facilitate the establishment of water bottling, paper manufacturing, tiles, ceramics manufacturing plants, etc. He also proposed to provide easy finance through hassle-free loans for such establishments.
SP Jimmy Chiram while lauding the efforts of the police team also appealed to the people to identify the accused and approach the nearest police station, if anyone has been his victim. He also urged people to be prudent with their money and be cautious while giving huge amounts of money to a stranger.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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