Two men, including an auto driver who had been allegedly posing as senior CBI officials and cheating people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of getting them government jobs, were arrested by the police in southeast Delhi.
The accused identified as Manmohan Vashishth alias Ranveer Vashishth, along with his accomplice Tapan Dey, an autorickshaw driver would pose as CBI officials and dupe people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of getting them a job in Ministry of Home Affairs, Railways and other Government Departments, police said.
"The accused would trap victims by offering them fake admit cards, question papers and attendance sheet in the name of conducting examination for selection in these government departments," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-East) Mandeep S Randhawa.
Following a complaint filed against the two, by one Vipin Verma, resident of East of Kailash and his friends of being duped of Rs 7,45,000, police launched a hunt for Manmohan.
Manmohan claimed to the complainant of having contacts with higher officials of MCD, Delhi Police, Railways, and of having many people recruited as LDC and UDC in various departments with his links and connections, he added.
However, when the victims found that they have been cheated, they started demanding money from him but he switched off his mobile and left his rented accommodation, following which they lodged an FIR.
During investigation, it was revealed that the accused Manmohan has done a diploma in Physiotherapy and was running a small clinic but closed it some time back and was now unemployed.
Police have recovered fake identity card of MHA, admit cards of Railways, Baroda House, question papers among other documents along with mobile phones used in the commission of crime.
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