Man promises job in Turkey, dupes eight people of Rs 7.1 lakh

The Nagpada police arrested a 32-year-old man on Sunday for allegedly duping job seekers under the pretext of sending them overseas for a job. The accused has been identified as Nasir Ansari, a resident of Nagpada.

According to Nagpada police, the accused would lure job seekers, who wanted to go abroad, about a vacancy in Turkey and that they will have to shell out Rs 75,000 to go there.

The police said a total of eight victims paid the money for getting a job and for their passport.

However, Ansari went missing after receiving Rs 7.1 lakh. The passports of the victims, too, were forged. Sanjay Baswat, senior police inspector of Nagpada police confirmed the arrest.

"Ansari made the forged passports and gave it to them. Even after the victims paid Ansari he did not send them to Turkey and siphoned off with the money. Fed up of chasing him, the victims approached the police and registered a case of cheating. We then managed to arrest the accused from Mumbai. We have also seized eight passports and have invoked sections of cheating, forgery, and others under the Indian Penal Code," said a police officer from Nagpada police station.

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• The accused would lure job seekers about a vacancy in Turkey and that they would have to shell out Rs 75,000 for the opportunity abroad.