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Youth held for duping job seekers

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Press Trust of India Kolkata
Last Updated : Dec 10 2015 | 9:32 PM IST
One youth in his late 20s was arrested by Kolkata Police on charge of duping job-seekers of their laptops posing as an employer.
The accused Tanmoy Das (28), a resident of Barrackpore's Patulia, posted an advertisement on Naukri.Com along with his mobile number and when a candidate would call on that number Das used to ask him to come with his laptop and meet him at a location, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said today.
After a fake interview, Das would take the candidate in a taxi to a xerox shop in Salt Lake area and hand over a bunch of papers to the candidate asking him to get their photocopies done, he said.
As soon as the the candidate went inside the shop, Das would flee with the laptop paying the taxi fare, the officer added.
So far, Das, has duped around seven persons, he said adding that working on the complaint of one Animesh Sarkar, police today laid out a trap and netted the accused.

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First Published: Dec 10 2015 | 9:32 PM IST

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