Ludhiana, April 16 -- A couple along with their aides duped a woman of Rs.10.1 lakh on the pretext of helping her in securing a job in a nationalised bank. The accused kept on making excuses and later started threatening her.

The victim Sharandeep Kaur is niece of head constable Makhan Singh, who is deputed in security duty of Jiwan Singh Sangowal, MLA from Gill constituency. The accused have been identified as Deepak Kumar, alias Kalu, his wife Monika, alias Mona and an aide Baljinder Singh of Samana.

Makhan Singh stated that his niece was keenly interested in joining government sector, especially bank. She was preparing for the same.

He added that meanwhile, she came in contact with the accused, who promised to help her in securing a...