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Delhi: Man held for duping unemployed youths, promising government jobs

Delhi: Man held for duping unemployed youths, promising government jobs

Jul 07, 2018
11:42 am

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A 27-year-old man was today arrested in Dhaula Kuan for allegedly duping an unemployed youth of crores of rupees on the pretext of getting him jobs in the army and railways. The accused, identified as Pankaj Kumar Singh, a resident of Saran in Bihar was evading arrest. Singh and his associates have cheated hundreds of victims of crores of rupees until now. Here's more.

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Accused issued fake appointment letters to the victims

During interrogation, the accused revealed that he was a part of a gang that allegedly cheated innocent unemployed youths, hailing from the rural areas in Bihar, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan, on the pretext of recruiting them in the army and railways. The accused provided fake admit cards to the victims and conducted their fake medical tests at several recruitment centers of Army and Railways.

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Some posed as senior army and railway officers before victims

The accused was arrested and produced before a court, where he was remanded to the Rajasthan Police custody. They issued fake appointment letters and even posed as senior army and railway officers before the victims, G Ram Gopal Naik, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said.