Ludhiana: Two hospital janitors duped a hosiery factory worker of Rs 5 lakh on the pretext of helping his son get a job in railways.
The accused have been identified as Tejpal of Daad village, Pakhowal Road, and Santosh Kumar of SBS Nagar, Dhandra Road.
Ram Sanjeevan, 50, of New Ashok Nagar, Salem Tabri, said in his police complaint, “My son, Raj Kumar, 30, is a ward-boy at a private hospital, where Tejpal and Santosh are janitors. In 2018, the two told my son that they have links in Indian railways and could help him get a job there. And for it, they demanded Rs 8 lakh.”
“I mortgaged our house and took a loan of Rs 10 lakh. The duo said a course qualification is a must to get the job. They then arranged an ITI course certificate for Raj and also got a job letter for him. After handing over to us both the documents, they took Rs 5 lakh. When we asked them to make Raj join the job, they started making excuses. We later realized that we have been cheated,” the hosiery factory worker added.
In February 2020, Ram lodged a police complaint.
Salem Tabri police station sub-inspector Kashmira Singh said following an inquiry, an FIR was lodged on Thursday under sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will etc), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 471 (using genuine any forged document), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the IPC.
The accused had provided forged certificate and job letter to the complainant’s son, the police said.