Vijis Xavier, a former Customer Service Assistant with the Air India, was arrested based on a complaint that he had promised 19 persons appointments as Customer Service Assistant and Customer Relations Officer in the national carrier in return for money, police said.
He had collected sums ranging between Rs two lakh to Rs four lakh from each person and accumulated Rs 54 lakh.
The complainant had sought action against Xavier since he neither ensured employment as promised, nor return the money, a city police release said.
Police urged job aspirants to not to part with money to persons promising jobs for cash in any firm.