Guwahati, 2nd September: In a significant breakthrough, Guwahati police arrested Robin Thomas, a fraudster from Southern India, who has been orchestrating a scam in Assam since 2016. The arrest was made by the Dispur police on September 1, 2024.
Thomas, who previously worked at the Critical Care Hospital and Research Institute in Lokhra, Guwahati, is accused of duping nearly 80 women by offering a fake General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) course at Bangalore College of Nursing. Each victim was scammed out of approximately Rs. 3 lakh, with fake certificates issued after three years of the supposed course.
The total fraud is estimated to be around Rs. 2.4 crores, with the money funneled from Lokhra to Sarathi Hospital in Nalbari.
One of the victims shared, “As we, the victims, finally went to seek the help of the law, the Guwahati Dispur police station arrested him yesterday on September 1, 2024.”
Thomas is currently in police custody as the investigation continues to uncover further details of the scam and any potential accomplices involved.
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