Hyderabad: The city police on Tuesday busted a six-member gang allegedly involved in duping public on pretext of offering government jobs. The police also seized Rs 12 lakh cash, rubber stamps, mobile phones and fake appointment letters from them.
Hyderabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar said that the accused had set up a job consultancy under the name of M.V.M. Technologies at Ameerpet and lured people, promising jobs in income tax department, railways, road and buildings department and other government agencies.
“They demanded Rs 10 lakh for each job and collected an advance of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh. The jobseekers were asked to transfer the money into the account of one Mr. P. Venkatesh,” said Mr Kumar .
“Once the amount is paid, other members of the gang would conduct interviews for the candidates at various places posing as senior officials. The gang would then email appointment letters and collect the remaining amount,” said Mr Kumar.
Later, the gang would send a text message, informing the job aspirants that their credentials did not match with the requirements during internal process and the offer letter was put on hold.
“The gang used money to splurge on trips to places like Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangkok,” the commissioner said.
