Chhattisgarh Police have filed a cheating case against two leaders of the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) for duping three persons of Rs 5.35 lakhs on the pretext of providing them government jobs, police said on Tuesday.
An FIR was registered on Monday against IYC national Secretary Mohammad Shahid and state Secretary Zulfikar Siddiqui of Bhilai under sections 420 (cheating) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC, Durg Additional Superintendent of Police Sanjay Dhruv said.
No arrests have been made so far.
Complainant Ashwin Kaushal claimed he met Shahid during the recruitment to the post of hostel superintendent by the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board in 2016, Dhruv said.
The complainant and his friends Bhupendra Dewangan and Madan Kaushal, all residents of Bhilai, allegedly paid Rs 5.35 lakhs as advance to Shahid to get the jobs, the officer said.
Shahid’s associate Siddiqui was also involved, the ASP said.
According to the complaint, the men did not get any job and failed to get their money back too.