Conman arrested for cheating youths of Rs 15 lakh by promising jobs in Canada
TNN | Updated: Dec 28, 2018, 12:39 IST
Representative imageCOIMBATORE: A 31-year-old man, who cheated several youths by promising them jobs in Canada, was arrested on Thursday.
The city police identified him as P Umamaheswaran of KV Kuppam in Katpadi in Vellore district. “He met Deepan Balaji of Podanur, who was working in a shop in a mall in the city a few months ago and told him that he was working in a hotel in Canada and drawing good salary. He boasted of contacts in the hotel industry there and promised to get jobs for Balaji and his friends. Believed his words, Balaji gave him lakhs of rupees and introduced his five friends. They paid Rs 15lakh for jobs in Canada,” a police officer said.
Umamaheswaran gave fake offer letters to the job seekers. After some time, realising that they were cheated, the youths demanded money from him. As he refused to give them money, the group approached the Podanur police, who registered an FIR and arrested Umamaheswaran. He was produced before a judicial magistrate court, remanded in judicial custody and lodged in the Coimbatore Central Prison.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Umamaheswaran had a degree in hotel management. His father was working in the Indian Army. Further investigation is on.
The city police identified him as P Umamaheswaran of KV Kuppam in Katpadi in Vellore district. “He met Deepan Balaji of Podanur, who was working in a shop in a mall in the city a few months ago and told him that he was working in a hotel in Canada and drawing good salary. He boasted of contacts in the hotel industry there and promised to get jobs for Balaji and his friends. Believed his words, Balaji gave him lakhs of rupees and introduced his five friends. They paid Rs 15lakh for jobs in Canada,” a police officer said.
Umamaheswaran gave fake offer letters to the job seekers. After some time, realising that they were cheated, the youths demanded money from him. As he refused to give them money, the group approached the Podanur police, who registered an FIR and arrested Umamaheswaran. He was produced before a judicial magistrate court, remanded in judicial custody and lodged in the Coimbatore Central Prison.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Umamaheswaran had a degree in hotel management. His father was working in the Indian Army. Further investigation is on.
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