Dehradun police have arrested two persons on Thursday from Vikasnagar on the charge of duping unemployed youths on the pretext of sending them in foreign countries for jobs .
The police had recovered 21 passports of different persons and computers from their possession.The accused have been identified as Navin alias Joki and Nadim, natives of Muzaffarnagar (Uttar Pradesh). The accused had duped around Rs 8 lakhs from five students - Devendra Prasad, native of Patna (Bihar), Mohammad Aashif and Nilish Mittal, residents of Herbertpur, Karna Kumar, resident of Sahaspur and Deeraj Sharma, resident of Vikasnagar.
The complainants had got in touch with the accused through facebook. Karna Kumar registered a complaint and a case under sections 420/406 of IPC was registered against the accused in the police station, Vikasnagar. Acting on a tip- off, police arrested the accused, said Vikasnagar CO Chandra Mohan.