Six people of Damoh have also surfaced claiming that they have also been cheated to the tune of lakhs of rupees by the five-member gang that was nabbed few days ago in Bhopal.
The gang members who were arrested earlier are — Shaildenra Yadav the main accused with the help Reena Parmar, Mahendra Rai, Mahesh Kumar Sallam and Manoj Gupta used to cheat people by providing fake appointment letters of Government jobs.
Police said six persons of Damoh are- Devendra Singh, Shobharam Patel, Rajnarayan Kurmi, Raja Sahu, Ravishankar Patel and Bharat Kumar Marothe, who claimed that they were provided with fake appointment letters.
Appointment letters on fake letter pads with stamp of Health Department, Public Health and Engineering Department and Madhya Pradesh Administration Department were provided to the victims of Damoh. They have been demanded to deposit `20,000 to `40,000 and after collecting the money the appointment letters were provided and later escaped the city.
The victims came to know about the fraudsters when the news surfaced in dailies and new channels and later they contacted crime branch Bhopal police personnel who visited the city during the investigation.
On December 1, crime branch Bhopal busted a fake job racket and arrested five miscreants including a woman.
The gang members cheated a number of persons in the name of providing job in different government departments’ computer systems, 70 seal stamps and other goods for providing the appointment letter were recovered from their possession.
The matter surfaced after Bhojraj Pramar lodged a complaint with the crime branch on November 25 regarding Yadav who went missing after collecting money and providing appointment letters to 10-12 victims. Based on the complaint main accused was traced according to his mobile phone location in Damoh.