MIDC police arrest two Nepalis for job fraud

Mumbai: The MIDC police arrested two Nepali nationals who allegedly duped 800 of their countrymen, promising them jobs of loaders with airlines. The aspirants paid between Rs 500-Rs 3,000 and were promised jobs in Kingfisher Airlines as well as a non-existent Jeevandani airlines.
The fraud came to light when one of the victims Gyanendra Bahadur Lalchina (40) demanded that the accused show requisite documents like a job contract. The accused, Prakash Chaudhari (34) and Ravi Bohora (36) failed to provide the documents. The duo then went into hiding. They have been booked under Sections 34 (common intention) and 420 (cheating) of the IPC.
"I thought I will get settled in life with a good job at the airport,'' Lalchina told TOI, adding that "the victims did not realise that they were going to get conned by people from their own country''.
The job applicants met the duo three months ago when they were informed about the openings at the airports.
Senior inspector Pradip Sonawne of MIDC police station said that the duo has conned many applicants from Mumbai, Thane and Shahapur.
23/09/08 V Narayan/Times of India

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