Over 300 cheated in Delhi with fake job offers at Prasar Bharti and Akashvani

At least 300 people from Delhi have been allegedly cheated of thousands of rupees by a man who promised them jobs in the public service companies Prasar Bharti and Akashvani, said officials Monday.

The victims, mostly students in their early 20s, were approached by the accused, Pankaj Gupta, who posed as a government officer and offered jobs to over 800 persons, said the police.

Initially, he took a registration fee of Rs 3,000 from each candidate and later demanded Rs 10,000- Rs 20,000 from the victims as part of the selection and joining process. The victims were called outside the Prasar Bharti office in Mandi House but later found that they had been duped. The accused fled from his house after the students started calling him about the job scam.