CHENNAI: Avadi police on Friday arrested a couple including a woman lawyer for cheating a car driver of over Rs 20 lakh on the pretext of securing him a job in Madras High Court. Police said that the lawyer posed as a civil judge and promised the victim a ministerial staff post in the high court.

The arrested persons were identified as Radhika (39), and her husband Ganapathy (33), who was a car driver. The victim was another car driver, Rajesh (37), of Tiruninravur.

Claiming that his wife had cleared the civil judge examination and would assume charge as a judge soon, Ganapathy lured Rajesh to pay money in installments for a job.

They had given him a fake appointment order based on which Rajesh filed a complaint with the Avadi city police.

Avadi Police's Central Crime Branch arrested Ganapathy and his wife Radhika from their house on Friday.

They were produced before a magistrate and remanded in judicial custody.