HYDERABAD: Mohammed Abdul Asif Ali Khan, a 46-year-old electrician, was arrested for
cheating
an
unemployed
youth. He took Rs 5 lakh from the victim after promising to secure employment for him in Nuclear Fuel Complex.
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 complaint and police arrested Khan on Tuesday.
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