Man arrested for job fraud in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD:

Malkajgiri police

arrested a 46-year-old electrician for cheating an

unemployed youth

for Rs 5 lakh by promising to secure him employment in

Nuclear Fuel Complex

.


The accused,

Mohammed Abdul Asif Ali Khan

, is a resident of

Rajendranagar

. On August 7, Malkajgiri police received a complaint from Mohammed Yaseen of RTC Colony, Moula Ali, stating that Khan, who introduced himself as an employee of NFC, said that there were job vacancies in his organisation. The accused collected photo copies of Yaseen's certificates and took Rs 5 lakh cash from him between January 2019 and March 2019 by promising to secure him a job in the NFC.

Subsequently, Yaseen kept asking Khan about the job but the latter started giving various excuses. Fed up with the delay, Yaseen demanded his money back but Khan refused to do so. When Yaseen tried to pressurize Khan by taking his relatives along for support, Khan threatened to get him killed, Malkajgiri police said.

Recently Yaseen realized that Khan vacated his house without informing anyone about his whereabouts. He lodged a police complaint and police arrested Khan on Tuesday.

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