A 28-year-old youth has been arrested for allegedly duping a retired sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Rs 3.5 lakh on the pretext of getting his son a government job.
The accused, identified as one Amit Kumar, worked as a private teacher. He was apprehended by KN Katju Marg police who recovered a fake appointment letter that had been handed to the son of retired Delhi government SDM, OP Arora.
Arora had registered a complaint against Amit Kumar on charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery. In his complaint, he alleged that Amit Kumar approached him about two years back through one Anil Kumar and promised to get his son a job in a nationalised bank.
"Amit Kumar assured him that if he were to pay a sum of Rs 5 lakh, he would arrange a job in a nationalised bank for his son. Thereafter, the complainant paid Rs 3.5 lakh through cheque. It was further agreed that the remaining Rs 1.5 lakh would be paid after the son received the appointment letter," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Outer), Sanjay Kumar.
The accused then first handed an appointment letter for the son to join an Andhra Bank branch in Chandigarh as a probationary officer. He personally accompanied the father-son duo to the bank's zonal office where he, however, told them that the joining had been deferred.
On October 22 last year, the accused gave a letter to the complainant asking his son to appear for joining on November 18 at the bank's Chandigarh zonal office. He accompanied them again and hoodwinked the father-son duo by claiming that the joining date had been extended.
"At this point, the duo became suspicious about Amit Kumar's conduct. On November 21 last year, his son went to a nearby Andhra bank branch at Prashant Vihar to verify the authenticity of the joining letter. It was there that some senior officers at the bank told him that all the documents were forged.
"A case was then filed against Amit Kumar and he was arrested from his home in Rani Bagh," the ACP said.
