Fake job racket: 20 people duped of Rs 2 crore on pretext of getting government jobs in ONGC

Fake job racket: The matter came to light after the two people approached ONGC with their offer letters following which an internal inquiry was ordered by the oil and gas company.

Fake job racket: The police said the accused have confessed to having duped at least 20 people of Rs 2 crore in last two years. (PTI)

 Fake job racket: In connection with a job racket seven men have been arrested for cheating and duping unemployed youths on the pretext of getting them jobs in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) as Assistant Managers. The police said the accused have confessed to having duped at least 20 people of Rs 2 crore in last two years. Bhisham Singh, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (crime) said the accused had collected Rs 10-11 lakh from each of them and so far have earned Rs 2 crore. All seven men were arrested by the cops last week, two among them were employed with Ministry of Rural Development. In the wake of the news of fake job racket being widely publicised, more people are coming forward to register their complaints. The matter came to light after the two people approached ONGC with their offer letters following which an internal inquiry was ordered by the oil and gas company. The victims even received interview letters from official email accounts of the ONG. The accused were identified as Jagdish Raj (58), Sandeep Kumar (31), Wasim (28), Ankit Gupta (32), Vishal Goel (27), Suman Saurabh (32) and Kishore Kunal (32). While Jagdish Raj, an employee in the ministry of Rural Development, used to arrange the office of any officer who would be on leave and his other associate, Sandeep Kumar, on the other hand, used to ensure the entry of victims to the office while other accused conducted posed as officers and conducted interviews, reported PTI. Police said one of the accused was also involved in a previous fake job racket. Further investigation is underway. It should be noted that the government job aspirants should not fall prey to such fraudulent and only refer to the government web portal for any notification regarding job recruitment. There have been multiple cases in past where the people, especially youths are being cheated by such fraudsters.