MEERUT, May 13 -- The Sambhal police arrested a junior engineer (JE) with the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL), for allegedly defrauding multiple individuals of over Rs.30 lakh by promising them jobs in the power department and issuing fake appointment letters.

The accused was apprehended on Sunday by a police team led by inspector-in-charge Harish Kumar, after evading arrest for nearly eight months.

ASP (South) Anukriti Sharma informed that the accused JE, Vijaypal Singh, is involved in multiple fraud cases. According to police, Singh also cheated people by promising electricity connections-both domestic and for tubewells-and took money from them under the false pretence of correcting and submitting electricity bills onl...