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Bhubaneswar: (Report- Priya Ranjan Nayak): Authorities in Odisha made a major breakthrough this week. The Economic Offences Wing arrested a key suspect in a large-scale job scam. The crime stretched across many Indian states. Criminals tricked thousands of young people who were looking for jobs. They stole crores of rupees from unemployed men and women. 
Massive Inter-State Job Scam Busted: Odisha Police Arrests Key Suspect


The Arrest

Police arrested a fifty-year-old man named Kaluri Tirupati. Officers caught him yesterday, May 7, 2026. They located him in Eluru, a city in Andhra Pradesh. Tirupati runs a business called Amod Nagric Services. After his arrest, police took him to a local court in Eluru. The judge allowed the Odisha police to transport him back to their state. Officers will present him to a special court in Cuttack tomorrow, May 9, 2026.

How the Scam Worked

The scammers planned their crime very carefully. They worked together with leaders of a company called Digital Aided School Private Limited. The group placed fake job advertisements in a popular local newspaper. These ads appeared in December 2023. The ads told readers that the government needed workers for non-teaching jobs in local schools.
The criminals wanted people to believe the advertisements were real. Because of this, they created a fake website. This website looked exactly like an official government employment portal. They also printed fake business registration numbers on their materials. This extra step made their fake company look legal and trustworthy to job seekers. 

The Financial Theft

The scammers asked every applicant to pay a fee. They charged one thousand rupees per person. Because the website looked real, thousands of hopeful people paid this money. Police found that more than 1.18 crore rupees went directly into bank accounts owned by Kaluri Tirupati. Tirupati and his partners then quickly moved this money around. They transferred the funds to personal accounts. Finally, they took the cash out using ATM machines and other methods.

A Wide Network

This was not a small, local crime. The criminals managed the scam from big cities like Delhi, Mumbai, and Hyderabad. Their trap caught victims from at least six different states. These states include Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

Ongoing Investigation

The police started looking into this case after they noticed the suspicious newspaper advertisements. They registered a formal case early in 2024. Now, they are working hard to find the other people involved in this crime. The investigation continues today, and police hope to arrest the remaining suspects soon.