Mom, son held for duping job aspirants

New Delhi: A mother-son duo was arrested by the East district police on Tuesday for duping more than 10  people of Rs 1.5-3 lakh each by promising them jobs in a Singapore-based private management firm. 

The victims hail from Haryana and Punjab. The duo was identified as Manjeet Kaur Gandhi and her son Kamaldeep Singh. Ms Gandhi was the owner of M.K. Gandhi overseas placement agency in Preet Vihar and her son Kamaldeep use to look after management and overseas placements.

On Sunday, Deepak Kumar, a native of Haryana filed a complaint at Preet Vihar police station against Ms Gandhi and her son for cheating job aspirants. In his complaint the victim stated that including him around 10 job aspirants were cheated by the duo on the pretext of providing a job in Singapore.

“I was introduced to the placement agency through a common friend. Kamaldeep had promised me a teaching job in Singapore with a huge salary. For this, he demanded Rs 3 lakh as a commission and processing fee and for the purpose of obtaining visas. They also charged Rs 8,500 for medical test clearance and all my educational certificates in original,” said Mr Deepak.

“After getting down at Singapore airport, I got to know that I have been sent on a tourist visa and the job offer letter was also fake. I tried to contact Mr Kamaldeep but he denied to assist and refused to take calls. Some how I managed to get back to India,” Mr Deepak added. Mr Deepak also mentioned names of other victims in his complaint. The cops are contacting other victims to record a statement.

“Acting on a tip-off from one of the victims, we arrested Kamaldeep from his office located Preet Vihar area,” said a police official. “We have seized some incriminating documents from the office of the accused. We are now on the lookout if there are more people involved in the racket.” “A Fir has been registered under IPC Section 420 (cheating). The case is under investigation,” said a senior police official.