Kamyab Head Manoj Das Arrested

Cuttack: The twin city Commissionerate police detained a television channel owner on charges of cheating an ex-defence personnel in Cuttack.

The accused has been identified as Manoj Das, the Managing Director of Kamyab TV. He was apprehended by Markatnagar police under sections 420 and 34 of IPC following complaint by Bisweswar Rout, a retired army personnel residing at CDA in Cuttack.

The complaint alleged the media house owner of defrauding him of Rs 20 lakh on pretext of providing him job at his television channel. According to reports, Manoj had taken Rs 20 lakh from Bisweswar promising him of a job at his tv channel in February last year.

After Rout did not receive any appointment letter from the house, Rout lodged a complaint against Manoj and his associate Ashok Patnaik, who had introduced him with Manoj. During investigation, cops came to know that the accused has also cheated two others of Rs 40 lakh apart from Bisweswar Rout.