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A 33-year-old man has been nabbed for allegedly cheating many jobseekers to the tune of several lakhs of rupees by promising them jobs in an international retailing firm,police said.
Ravindra B Shetty,the accused,was arrested on August 29 by City Crime Branch sleuths,a CCB statement said today.
The accused used to jot down the phone numbers of persons who had given advertisements in classified newspapers for jobs and conduct a telephonic interview of them posing as a manager of the international retail firm,Metro Cash and Carry,the statement said.
The accused used to give his victims duplicate confirmation letters of jobs,asking them to deposit money in his account.
He then used to change his mobile number so that it was difficult to trace him,the statement said,adding cases have been registered against him in different police stations in the city.
“The exact amount that he has amassed through cheating is yet to be ascertained”,the statement said.
