The Ghaziabad police on Friday arrested a fraudster who cheated about 155 people by promising to send them to foreign countries. During the raid the police recovered passports of residents belong to different States of India.
The SP City Akash Tomar said that the police came in to action after four people lodged complaint saying that they have been cheated over providing them jobs in Saudi Arabia. The victims stated they were lured by the advertisement wherein a company named GMP Electro-mechanical & Manpower supplier, having headquarters at 18/19 3rd Floor, Ajnara Acarde, Crossings Republik Ghaziabad, called for plumbers, technicians and electricians for Mecca and Saudi Arabia. The company assured that air ticket and other expenses will be borne by the company itself.
Responding to their advertisements through pamphlets distributed in UP, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh thousands applicants were interviewed. Some were rejected for not being able to deposit money. About 200 applicants were selected and were asked to deposit their passport and cash according to their jobs with the company. They asked all the selected 200 applicants to reach the office on July 13, 2017 at the company office in Crossing Republik to catch the plane at IGI Airport. When the applicants reached the office they founs the office locked.
"After registering complaints we starting hunting them and today the police succeeded to arrest one of the accused persons. During interrogation he confessed his crime and revealed his identity as Kamlesh Prasad. He told the police that two other accomplices Mazhar Ansari and Riyazuddin assisted him. The remaining two accused are still at large" said SP City.