As Unemployment Rises, People Are Duping Job Seekers As 2 Men Arrested For Running Call Centre
Arif Abdul Rashid (24) and Sujahud Suhelhud (25), both residents of the national capital, were arrested by Matunga police from the city.
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Mumbai police has arrested two persons from Delhi for allegedly running a call centre and duping hundreds of job seekers, an official said.
Arif Abdul Rashid (24) and Sujahud Suhelhud (25), both residents of the national capital, were arrested on Wednesday by Matunga police from the city, he said.
In February, the Matunga police had registered an offence of cheating after a woman complained that online fraudsters duped her of Rs 40,000 on the pretext of offering her a job.
Investigation At The Call Centre Revealed
During the probe, police raided a call centre in Subhash Nagar in Delhi from where calls were placed to gullible job-seekers.
The accused offered high-paying jobs but demanded money for sending offer letter and other formalities.
After spending thousands of rupees, job seekers would realize that they were being cheated, said Vijaysingh Ghatge, senior inspector of Matunga police station.
While city police had received 30 such complaints, the accused are also likely to have duped many from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Odisha and Gujarat, said police.
Both the accused were sent in police custody (PC) till September 17, the official said.
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Cheating Innocent Job Seekers
In a similar incident, a 52-year-old woman had allegedly cheated many people after saying she would help them get jobs and managed to get as much as Rs 50 lakh from the unsuspecting victims.
Police in Chennai arrested her. The accused's name is D Janunadevi, who hails from Akkarai near Neelankarai.
A victim identified as S Saravanan approached police saying the woman cheated him of Rs 12 lakh by promising a job for his wife in a state government department.
In India, the employment rate has been settling low and the job seekers are getting duped day and night as the situation is getting worse. The current per cent of unemployment is 7.8% according to CMIE. This implies that 40 % of the population that is over 14 years of age is employed whereas the global average employment rate stood at 57.4% in 2019 as per the World Bank's database.
