shillong a 39yearold man was arrested for posing as an ib officer of the ministry of home affairs and duping 38 jobseekers of rs 80 lakh the police saidrichard tiplang swer of wahingdoh was arrested on thursday sp city vivek syiem said one vehicle with a siren and vip beacon light mobile laptop and documents have been seized from his house at wahingdoh he addedtwo cases have been registered against swer at mawlai police station and lumdiengjri police stationthe sp said a complaint was received on may 16 against swer who was claiming to be an ib officer of the ministry of home affairs and offered jobs at the secretariat shillong richard had asked the complainant to collect money from all persons interested according to their qualificationsthe complainant collected an amount of rs 80 lakh from 38 people and paid the amount to him but he evaded the complainant when the people who paid money did not get jobsanother complaint was received at lumdiengjri police station on may 22 where it was alleged that swer posed as an officer of the police special branch and told the complainant that he can provide jobs in the police department under the condition that the applicants pay an amount of rs 1 lakh for nonmatriculate and rs 50000 for matriculatethe complainant informed the same to his friends and one of his friends handed over an advance amount of rs 50000 to the person through his driver at motphran shillong in march 2023meanwhile the police said anyone who has been duped by the impersonator is requested to lodge an fir at the nearest police station pti