Pune: Man posing as software company director cheats job seekers of Rs 5.6 lakh

PIMPRI CHINCHWAD police have arrested a youngster for allegedly cheating at least five job aspirants to the tune of Rs 5.6 lakh by offering them jobs at a software company. The accused has been identified as Fardeen Feroz Khan (23), a resident of Ruston Colony, Chinchwad. In this connection, a 22-year-old woman lodged an FIR at Wakad police station on Sunday.

Police said the accused allegedly posed as a director of a software company in Pune. He came in contact with the victims nearly a year before. Assuring them to provide jobs in the software company, he took costly laptops, cell phones of branded companies, costing about Rs 5.1 lakh, from the victims.