Be aware before applying for a job in Airport Authority of India (AAI) after reading advertisement in newspaper as the Delhi Police has busted a syndicate by arresting seven persons for duping people on the pretext of providing jobs. The accused were running a call center for the purpose.
The accused have been identified as Chander Shekhar (49), Jitender Arya (26), Baldev Raj (55), Beena Rani (28), Rinki (23), Versha Kumari (22) and Bhavna, all residents of Delhi. Shekhar was the mastermind and Arya is his nephew. They have duped around 1,000 people to the tune of Rs 2.5 crore.
According to police, a complainant on July 14 alleged that, after reading an advertisement for job at AAI in a newspaper he contacted them, where a lady assured the complainant about job at IGI Airport with a monthly salary of Rs 40,000 and asked him to deposit over Rs 50 thousand in different instances. Later came to know that he has been duped and lodged a case.
“The ATM machines that used to withdraw the money led the police to Shekhar and Jitendra who were arrested on Wednesday. On their instance, their office Sai Enterprise in Naraina area was raided and five more persons, including four women were arrested on Thursday,” said Deputy Commissioner of Police (IGI Airport) Sanjay Bhatia.
“Shekhar had hired Baldev and four girls to run that call centre. Shekhar wanted to build a house for which, he started duping people. They had contacted more than 20,000 people in last one year and out of these, around 1,000 people became the victims,” he said.
The accused used to give advertisements of jobs in AAI in various newspapers every month. They mentioned that the recruitment was direct without interview with a salary from Rs 19,500 to Rs 75,500, the DCP said.