The accused has been identified as Anup Pandharinath Dhormale, a resident of Ahmednagar district. Pune city police have arrested a key member of an online job racket from Gujarat. The accused has been identified as Anup Pandharinath Dhormale, a resident of Ahmednagar district.
Dhormale was wanted in a case lodged at the Cyber police station regarding duping a Pune resident of Rs 4.6 lakh on false assurances of providing a job in a foreign country.
Last month, police had also arrested Vishal Jamdade (24) in the same case. During his interrogation, he had revealed that the job racket was Dhormale’s brainchild.
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During the probe, cops found that Gujarat police had arrested Dhormale earlier over a similar offence that was lodged at the Cyber Crime police station of Vadodara.
As such, a team from the cyber police station, led by senior inspector D S Hake, took Dhormale into custody from Gujarat. He was produced before a court in Pune which sent him to police custody till June 1 for further investigation.
Cops are investigating to find out whether Dhormale and his aides have cheated more people through the online job racket.
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