The accused allegedly duped gullible citizens with offer of jobs abroad; threaten them with dire consequences if they demanded their money back
The accused allegedly duped gullible citizens with offer of jobs abroad; threaten them with dire consequences if they demanded their money back
Central Crime Branch sleuths have booked a case against city-based corporator and two of his relatives for cheating over 12 persons after promising them jobs overseas.
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The racket came to light when Fazlur Rahman, who runs a petty shop, was applying for a passport and met Syed Suhail Pasha. The latter and his brother Syed Shakeel Pasha operated as touts and worked for Rizwan, who ran an overseas consultancy service. Suhail promised to get him a passport and even help to secure a decent job in Muscat for a fee.
After paying the accused Rs 1 lakh and introducing a few of his acquaintances, who collectively paid Rs 1.86 lakh to trio, Rahman was told that they would all be interviewed by their future employer shortly.
After the interviews, the victims were informed that they were rejected, as they were not qualified. However, Suhail promised to arrange fake certificates for an additional fee. He even got a few diploma and engineering certificates from a college outside the state and took their passports, stating that he would try to send them to Dubai.
Sensing something amiss, Rahman and the others confronted Suhail. "I suspected something fishy and informed the rest. We managed to catch Suhail at his residence, but he refused to return our money and threatened us with dire consequences, claiming to be related to Gurappanapalya Corporator Mohammed Rizwan."
They then approached Rizwan for help, but were supposedly warned to keep silent or face trouble. Rizwan allegedly said that he had contacts in every department and no one could do anything. He also warned them against going to the police.
The victims approached a senior police officer, who directed a probe and booked all the accused. Investigations revealed that Suhail was also operating in Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
"All of us are from poor backgrounds and managed to collect cash by availing loans. With police intervention, we are hopeful that we will get justice," Rahman told this reporter.
Assistant Commissioner of Police B N Nyamegowda, who took up the investigations, found that the accused have not only cheated the people by luring them with overseas job, but also created fake educational certificates for them.
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