(The Pioneer)
The Delhi Police Crime Branch has busted a gang who were cheating youths seeking jobs in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) by employing a unique modus operandi. The gang was being run by seven members in active collusion of two employees of the Ministry of Rural Development, who were posted with multi-tasking section of the Ministry. The duo was instrumental in getting the keys of the rooms of officers, who were on leave, posted with Krishi Bhawan. The prospective candidates were called in those rooms to give impression that interview was genuine and they readily agreed to pay a whopping sum of Rs 22 lakh for being appointed as Assistant Engineer with ONGC.
The police have recovered 27 mobile phones, two laptops, 10 cheque books, fake voter ID card and 45 mobile sim cards used by the accused persons for cheating. “The accused have been identified as Jagdish Raj (58), Sandeep Kumar (31), Wasim (28), Ankit Gupta (32), Vishal Goel (28), Suman (32) and Kunal Kishore (32). A case was registered after a complaint received from Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) alleging fake recruitment by unscrupulous persons,” said Rajiv Ranjan, Additional Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch.
“During investigation, it was revealed that the victims received e-mails from ONGC’s official mail account and they were interviewed at Krishi Bhawan. The victims were introduced to a man named Randhir Singh alias Kunal Kishore who took Rs 22 Lakhs from the victims for getting them jobs in ONGC. But later on, all the contacts of Randhir Singh went off the radar,” said Ranjan.
