A man who had worked as a crew member for a serial produced by Balaji telefilms has been arrested for allegedly duping Rs 62,000 from a Tamil Nadu-based engineer after luring him with a job offer in Canada through internet.
According to the police, Surinder Singh (30), a resident of Barnala, Punjab, was arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Monday near Hyatt Regency Hotel after a trap was laid for him.
Four passports, one laptop and five mobile phones have been recovered from his possession along with fake visa and job offer letter in Toronto, Canada. Singh had demanded a total of Rs 4.5 lakh in return for a job in Canada and had already received 62,000 from his target, police said.
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"On Monday, one Shameer Jan, a Tamil Nadu-based hardware networking service engineer, reported that he was in search of a job abroad and has been cheated of Rs 62,000 on different occasions by Surinder Singh who uploaded an advertisement on a job portal in the name of 'Jobs in Canada'.
"The complainant also told us that Singh lured him by conveying that he has been shortlisted for a job in Hilton Garden Inn in Toronto for a handsome salary of 2000 Canadian dollars per month and sent him a scanned copy of fake job offer letter embossed with Visa of Canada," said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav.
