Bhubaneswar, Nov. 22 -- Bolangir: The district of Bolangir which often hogs headlines for alleged selling of brides is once again in news for wrong reasons - marriage fraud.

According to sources, a middleman reportedly vanished after defrauding two siblings of Rs 70,000 from Uttar Pradesh's Lalitpur on the pretext of arranging suitable match for them.

The matter came to light after the duped brothers knocked on the door of police seeking justice.

Rajban Pal and Kishore Pal, both siblings in relation, had landed in Lalit Nagar on the outskirts of Bolangir from Uttar Pradesh with the hope of getting suitable brides for them.

According to the complaint lodged by them with Bolangir town police station, a middleman named Deepak Mishra had ...