Uttar Pradesh: Kingpin who duped several of Rs 300 crore in name of jobs nabbed

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Tuesday arrested the mastermind of a gang which duped several persons of over Rs 300 crore promising them jobs in Jharkhand police, FCI, Mandi Parishad and other government departments.
The miscreant, identified as Chandra Bhushan Dubey of Indiranagar, was arrested from Polytechnic crossing following a tip-off. The team recovered two mobile phones, two fake appointment letters, two fake identity cards, one each of Food Corporation of India and CM Helpline Centre, two affidavits, five bank cheques of Rs 22 lakh, ATM, SIM and PAN cards.
According to STF, Dubey confessed that he and his men duped several victims of over Rs 300 crore in the past few years and his gang was an organized gang operating in several states, including Uttar Pradesh.
"The arrest of the miscreant came in the follow-up of a case of fraud lodged by one Punit Singh at Mahanagar police station on August 14. Punit had told police that he met Chandra Bhushan in a court premises in 2019 through some of his acquaintances and later he and other five had given him Rs 3 lakh each for a job in FCI. Chandra Bhushan also tricked several others for jobs in rural postal services charging them Rs 1.5 lakh each and Rs 1.6 lakh each for a job in ambulance services. He collected over Rs 28 lakh from several jobseekers. Chandra Bhushan gave fake appointment letters to the victims and later disappeared. Later, the victims lodged a case with the police and the case was later assigned to the STF," said STF ASP Vishal Vikram Singh.
"Chandra Bhushan ran unsuccessfully a security guard service in Vikas Nagar in 2008 and property dealing work in 2016. Later, he met one Abhilash who had duped several youths in the name of jobs in the postal department. He formed a gang with him and added other members. They opened their office at Wireless Crossing in Mahanagar and duped over 300 people before the gang was busted," said ASP Singh. The hunt for others is underway.