As a part of the investigation, police performed a raid on Tuesday in Laxmi Nagar. (Representational)
New Delhi:
Two males and 4 ladies have been arrested for allegedly duping individuals on the pretext of giving them jobs underneath the federal government’s Aajeevika Mission, police stated on Wednesday.
Two of them have been recognized as Gajender Kumar (28) of Johripur and Rahul Saini (25) of Mandawali, they stated.
A grievance was obtained from the Ministry of Urban Development in opposition to a faux web site https://aajeevikamission.org. Through the web site, job aspirants have been being invited to use for varied posts after depositing Rs 1,625 as registration payment, a senior police officer stated.
As a part of the investigation, police performed a raid on Tuesday in Laxmi Nagar and arrested mastermind Kumar from a name centre, together with the 4 ladies, who have been working as telecallers, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) Pranav Tayal stated.
Kumar disclosed that he was working the decision centre to promote insurance coverage insurance policies however in a bid to earn fast cash, deliberate the fraud and began approaching job seekers utilizing knowledge obtained from an employment portal, police stated.
He received Saini to design a faux web site within the title of aajeevikamission.org on which candidates have been requested to deposit a registration payment, the DCP stated, including that Saini was arrested on his occasion.
Police checked the financial institution accounts used and located round Rs 25 lakh credited in final 5 months. Over 300 job seekers have deposited cash in these accounts, they stated.
Kumar was beforehand arrested in 2016 in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Saini has diploma in pc science, police added.
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