Sion police have booked a former employee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and others for cheating a youth of Rs 4 lakh on the pretext of giving him a job in the BMC. The complainant alleged that the accused include current BMC employees as well, who take money from youngsters in return for recruiting them to the municipal body. The police alleged that the accused must have cheated more than 40 people so far, using the same modus operandi.

The complainant, a 32-year-old man from Antop Hill, was informed by his neighbour that Prakash Sadaphule, an ex-employee of the BMC, could help him get a job in the water department. The complainant met Sadaphule at Sion Hospital, with his father and the neighbour in July 2017. Sadaphule assured him of a job in the BMC for R4 lakh. "He told us to give him the money in installments. He demanded Rs 1 lakh after each stage—paperwork, medical examination, receipt of appointment letter and ID card," said the complainant.