The Angul police have busted a pan-India multi-crore job racket by arresting the masterminds from West Bengal. The racket was active in Odisha and other parts of the country and allegedly duped thousands of job aspirants of crores of rupees. The accused were identified as Chaitali Mukherjee of Rourkela and her husband M Gupta of Uttar Pradesh. The job racket was unearthed in Odisha in February 2021. So far, nine persons, including two from Jharkhand, have been arrested in six different cases registered in police stations in Angul district. Preliminary reports reveal that 50 job aspirants in Odisha were duped of Rs 2 crore by fraudsters.
The number of victims and the amount duped is likely to go up during further investigation. The gang used to collect money from gullible aspirants by assuring them of jobs.Angul SP Jagmohan Meena said that fraudsters used to cheat victims by holding fake job interviews, workshops and issued fake appointment letters as well. The racket was also active in several other States including Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Maharashtra. “We suspect there could be over 1,000 victims, who have been duped by this inter-State job fraud racket. We have so far registered six cases in Angul alone. The mastermind couple was nabbed from West Bengal and they have been in court for remand,” said Meena. He further said many mobile phones, a car, stamps, fake appointment letters and identity cards have been recovered from heldduo.