Mumbai: Two held for cheating people of Rs 16 lakh in job scam

MUMBAI: Two people were arrested for allegedly cheating 27 people of Rs 16 lakh by promising them jobs abroad, police said on Thursday.

The police have nabbed

Feeroz Khan

alias

Zibran Ahmed

and Sanjay Singh alias

Jaswinder Singh

from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, while the third accused Nazim Ahmed alias Rizwan Ahmed is absconding, an official said.

The accused opened an office in the western suburb of

Goregaon

here a year and half ago and lured job aspirants with promise of employment abroad, he said.

The trio has duped at least 27 people since October last year and took around Rs 16 lakh from them, with the promise of jobs and

foreign visas

, the official said.

"An FIR under sections 420 (cheating), 406 (punishment for criminal breach of trust), 468 (forgery) and 34 (common intention) has been registered in this regard," deputy commissioner of police (zone 12) DS Swami said.