Pune: The Sant Tukaramnagar police are searching for an accused from Indapur for duping a pharmacist and two others of Rs 43 lakh on the promise of securing them govt jobs. The accused took money from them between Sept 2024 and Oct 25.The pharmacist on Saturday lodged a complaint with the police.An officer from the Sant Tukaramnagar police said the pharmacist and the accused knew each other. “In Sept 2024, he came to the pharmacist’s house in Pimpri and assured him a job as a senior inspector in the social welfare department. He also told the complainant that he had good contacts in state govt and would secure jobs in the Nagpur prison department. The pharmacist’s nephew and one more relative accepted the offer. The trio gave him Rs 43 lakh,” the officer said.The trio did not get the jobs, so they started pursuing the accused for their money. When they did not get their money, the pharmacist approached the police and lodged a complaint. “Our investigations are underway,” he said.
