LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force busted a gang which fleeced over 500 youths of Rs 6 crore in the name of ensuring jobs for them in government departments and arrested four persons from Vibhuti Khand police station area.
Those arrested were identified as Arun Kumar Dubey of Indira Nagar, Aniruddha Pandey of Hazratganj, Khalid Munawar Baig of Aliganj and Anurag Mishra of Vinay Khand in Gomti Nagar.
The police recovered fake job/appointment letters, nine ATM cards, six mobile phones, a Vidhan Sabha entry pass, two four-wheelers and Rs 2387 in cash from them.
“Arun is director of a company named as Krishi Kumbh Private Limited, while the rest of the miscreants work as ‘hunters’ in the gang and they used to trap victims. Arun, who is the leader of the gang, formed companies like Krishi Kumbh, Motherhood Care and other NGOs and through these firms he received huge sums from innocent people to provide jobs in government departments,” said ASP, STF, Vishal Vikram Singh.
Arun confessed that he was an old timer in the world of crime of fraud and was sent to jail in 2015 for theft of computer and other gadgets while serving as manager at a company in Aliganj. Arun is BTech from Madan Mohan Malviya Engineering College in Gorakhpur and has served in different private telecommunication companies.
The gang came on police radar when a case of fraud was registered at Indira Nagar police station and the STF was assigned the task to probe the case.
