Woman constable booked in Rs 7.5 lakh job fraud case

PUNE: A woman constable from the Hadapsar police was booked on the charge of duping three women of Rs 7.5 lakh on the promise of helping them secure jobs in the civic health department.
One of the victims, who stays in Kelewadi, lodged an FIR against the constable, who stays in Khadki Bazar police lines.
“The constable is accused of taking money from the three women — two sisters and a cousin — in 2018 and failing to deliver on her promise,” senior inspector Datta Chavan said on Thursday.
“The three sisters, all kabaddi players, had met the constable — who also plays kabaddi — through a mutual acquaintance,” Chavan said.
The constable allegedly told the complainant, Suvarna Yenpure, that she could help them secure clerical posts in PMC’s health department as she claimed she had connections with senior civic officials, Chavan further said.
Chavan said the suspect sought Rs2.5 lakh per person, which the complainant and the others paid.
“In her complaint, Yenpure said she and others waited for a considerable period to get the jobs, but when nothing happened, Yenpure told the constable to deliver on her promise or return the money. The suspect kept delaying, but eventually, she returned Rs3 lakh to Yenpure and sought time to pay back the rest,” Chavan said.
The suspect even signed an undertaking stating she would repay the rest at the earliest, but never did. “After all the efforts to recover their money proved futile, Yenpure filed a complaint application in April. During the preliminary investigation, the constable conceded that she owned Yenpure and others the money,” Chavan said.
A cheating and criminal breach of trust case has been registered under the Indian Penal Code.