Upon interrogation, the self-styled founder confessed that Pohorar Baat was indeed a fake NGO
Digital Desk: A shocking incident came to light when the fake fundraising racket, which was acting as an NGO (an old age home) by name the ‘Pohorar Baat; was busted in Dibrugarh, Assam. Panchali Pal Sarkar, Rupa Barman Singh, Jay Sarkar, and their self-proclaimed founder, Biki Bhattacharyya, headed a cadre that has been garnering funds door-to-door for several years, all under the pretense of running an old age home.
The scams involved showing photos of a deceased child presented as a sick and living person to emotionally manipulate the victims’ emotions to form and fooling them and take money from them. The group mainly targeted kind-hearted households in Dibrugarh and other surrounding districts, pretending to work for the welfare of the elderly. Women from the group would go to homes and also give counterfeit money receipts under the fake NGO’s name.
Their repeated visits raised suspicion when they returned to the same households where they had previously collected money. One resident, upon questioning, revealed that the NGO had an old age home under the Dibrugarh overbridge, a facility in reality, does not exist
After the suspicion, concerned citizens informed the Bir Lachit Sena, who caught the group at Chiring Chapori in Dibrugarh. When interrogated, the self-proclaimed founder confessed that 'Pohorar Baat ' was indeed a fake NGO.
The police were made aware, and the group has been arrested for further investigation.
