Mumbai Crime: BMC officer, 3 others held for duping job seekers

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The Mumbai police have arrested a woman officer of the BMC's education department, her husband and two others for allegedly cheating many job aspirants to the tune of at least Rs 2.27 crore by promising jobs to them in various civic departments, an official said.

The property cell of the Mumbai police's crime branch had received specific information about the job racket and an FIR in this connection was registered at Navghar police station in Mulund, he said.

"During the investigation, it came to light that the main accused is a woman and is posted as an administrative officer in the BMC's education department," he said. Property cell officers launched a search for the woman. However, she has fled from her residence with her husband, the official said. It also came to light that she had not reported to work since October 2020, he said.

With the help of technical analysis, the crime branch officials traced her to Kandolim in Goa, the official said.

Based on the input, the property cell team went to Goa and arrested the woman and her husband. During her interrogation, police got to know about her two aides, who were also involved in the racket, he said. The two accused were arrested from Thane and Kalyan, he said.

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