Malwani cops bust Delhi-based gang that duped 19-year-old of Rs 2.4 lakh

The Malwani police have busted a New Delhibased gang that used to prey on job seekers across the country while running a fake call centre out of a houseThe accused have been identified as Santosh Kumar Ratansingh Kamti 33 Aakash Shripal Yadav 23 Altaf Husain Abdul Mannan 23 Chanda Singh Rajesh Ray 40 and Hemlata Rathod 36 According to police sources the gang duped a 19yearold Malwani resident of R245 lakh last yearThe victim who was unemployed was searching on Google for a job when he saw an advertisement link When he clicked on it he saw a portal which resembled that of the Airports Authority of India and claimed jobs could be obtained through it at airports across India The victim filled in his details to secure a groundstaff job He then started receiving messages and calls from various numbersldquoThe victim also called one of the numbers mentioned on the portal and shared personal information and expressed his desire to work as one of the ground staff at Mumbai airportrdquo said an officer of the Malwani police stationAlso Read DRDO scientist fell for her despite taking antihoney trap classA woman on other side sent a link to the complainant and asked him to fill in the required details and transfer huge sums of money such as Rs 1500 for the form R4350 for uniforms and shoes Rs 8000 for training Rs 10000 for opening salary accounts Rs 16400 for the job agreement Rs 25000 for a laptop Rs 10000 for the laptop courier Rs 23000 for verification R23000 for preparation of documents R22900 for couriering the documents Rs 22300 in late fees Rs 17750 in taxes R8000 for an NOC Rs 7000 for HR training Rs 29000 for HR late fees Rs 9000 in reference ID charges and Rs 16400 and Rs 15000 to generate an IDThe complainant paid these sums using Google Pay and Paytm over days but when he started asking about the job the caller gave him vague answersldquoRealising that he had been conned the youth approached the Malwani police station and registered a complaint on January 30rdquo the officer saidUnder the guidance of DCP Ajaykumar Bansal a special team was formed which was led by Senior Inspector Shekhar Bhalerao Police Inspector Mahendra Suryawanshi and PSI Anurag Dixit the Malvani police cyber officer ldquoAfter determining the identity of the beneficiary bank account holders the police raided the place located Sunlight Colony in New Delhi and caught the accused said another officerAltaf Hussain and the two women were the main masterminds of the gang which had been running the call centre for two years They have duped hundreds of people across the country according to the policeldquoWe arrested four accused and brought them to Mumbai Hemlata Rathod received transit bail and will come to Mumbai in a couple of days for the investigationrdquo said the officerldquoWe have seized laptops mobile phones and several SIM cards from the accusedrdquoRs 10000Amount he paid for opening salary accounts