Noida: Two men were arrested for allegedly cheating jobseekers by offering fake overseas employment.According to cops, the duo Niyaz Ahmad alias Armaan (43), a resident of Jamia Nagar in Delhi, and Raju Shah (33), a resident of Haryana, duped over 100 people across multiple states and netted more than Rs 70 lakhThe fraud came to light on Feb 27, when Tirumurthy, a resident of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, approached Sector 126 police station, claming that some men had defrauded him of Rs 1.5 lakh by showing him fake job advertisements and were demanding more money. Manisha Singh, ADCP of Noida, said Tirumurthy called the accused on WhatsApp and was asked to come near Supernova Building in Sector 94. At 11.37pm, a white Tata Nexon car approached from the direction of Supernova—just as planned. When the complainant signaled, cops cordoned off the area and arrested the two accused and seized the vehicle. Police found nine Indian passports, four mobile phones, one laptop, several fake passports, airline tickets, forged visas and Rs 73,500 in cash in their possession. A case was registered under sections 318(4) (cheating), 61(2) (criminal conspiracy), and 340(2) (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of BNS and relevant sections of the IT Act.
