The mastermind of the gang which had set up a fake website in the name of Prime Minister's Office had also duped an Assam-based man to the tune of Rs 3.20 crore after posing as a senior IAS officer.
Interestingly, the accused had even called the victim after duping him and challenged him that he could never be tracked, police said.
The Crime Branch which had busted the PMAY (Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Yojna) and arrested its mastermind Sudipto Chatterjee on January 17 was further investigating the case when it stumbled upon his another high-profile crime.
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"During the search of his home in Kolkata it was found that there were few documents, pertaining to a Hospital project loan and jewellry in his premises which revealed his involvement in some other cases also. The documents were scrutinized and it appeared that someone from Assam has also been cheated by him," said Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.
Assam Police was contacted to get the relevant details. Assam police intimated that one businessman was cheated by a man posing as KM Acharya, a senior IAS officer. A case with CID, Guwahati was registered in this regard.
The complainant of the case had received an SMS in the month of January 2012. He expressed his eagerness by responding to the message and received a login-id and instruction to a surf website having URL www.Gov4developement.Co.In.
He was further instructed to submit a detailed project report on Sarkar.Govindia.Bharat895@gmail.Com.
