Three persons,including a couple,were arrested for allegedly running a maid service racket in the national capital and cheating over 50 people to the tune of around Rs 7 lakh,police said here today. Vasudev,his wife Beena and their associate Moni all hailing from Assam - were arrested yesterday from Rithala Metro Station. According to police,their modus operandi was that they would initially distribute pamphlets in residential areas that they run a maid placement agency. "The pamphlet contained their mobile phone numbers and when the prospective employers contacted them,they informed that Rs 10,000-25,000 would have to be paid by the employer as commission," DCP (Crime and Railways) Ashok Chand said. Beena or Moni used to join as a maid in the household but used to run away from there the next morning on some pretext or other. The arrests came on a complaint by a resident of Ashok Vihar area that Bulbuli Maid Service has cheated him on pretext of providing a maid after taking a commission of Rs 18,000. According to the complainant,the maid only worked with them for a day and then ran away on the pretext of getting milk. Police said Vasudev came to Delhi about four years ago and had worked in a number of maid placement agencies and married Beena. "Till date they have cheated over 50 prospective employers and fraudulently earned Rs 6-7 lakh," Chand said.
