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These students paid the price for not having a passport, literally. An event management firm allegedly cheated 96 job aspirants under the guise of a temporary assignment at city airport. Saying that the work involved being part of a promotional event for a mobile company, the firm took Rs 1,200 from all applicants not having a passport, claiming that the money was needed as entry charge to the airport and would be refunded after the event. The aspirants have approached the Powai police, which has taken down their complaint but not filed an FIR yet.