A 38-year-old law graduate who allegedly duped hundreds of job aspirants to the tune of around Rs 10 crore on the pretext of recruiting them as data entry operators in Rajasthan, has been arrested from northwest Delhi, police said today.
The accused, Vishal Yadav, had visited Special Staff office of north west district police on July 12 to enquire about a case in which he was a complainant and when the police started checking records, it turned out that Yadav himself was wanted by Rajasthan Police.
Yadav, who was wanted in connection with 10 cases registered against him for allegedly duping around 10,000 persons of Rs 10 crore on the promise of landing them data entry jobs in Rajasthan, claimed that he had connections with senior political leaders across several states, police said.
The Special Staff personnel called the accused to the office yesterday where he was confronted with details of the cases against him. He admitted to the crimes and was arrested, said Vijay Singh, DCP(north west).
During interrogation, Yadav revealed that in 2003-04, he along with his four accomplices had put out advertisements for jobs of data entry operators in the name of NLNC Technosoft PVT Ltd and Ganpati Enterprises based in Kota. Over 10,000 applicants responded to the advertisements and deposited bank drafts of Rs 6,500 each.
After some time, however, he and his associates vanished with a sum of around Rs 10 crore fraudulently taken from the applicants, said the officer.
The police said 10 cases in Rajasthan, eight in Kota and two in Jaipur were registered against the accused in 2004-2005.
Yadav was declared a proclaimed offender and a reward was announced on his arrest, they said.
He was evading arrest and was living with his family at Sector 20 in Rohini area, the officer said.
Yadav invested the money in liquor vends in Delhi. Besides, he also joined St Margret Educational Society and had plans for allegedly taking control of its management illegally, the officer added.
