Tag: Job Fraud

Keeping in view of the rising cases of job scams, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has warned job seekers not to fall prey to such frauds and shared some safety tips. 

A youth allegedly duped several persons to the tune of Rs 15 lakh on fake promise of providing them jobs. The incident has been reported from Nuasahi area under Mohana block in Gajapati district. Accused Mark Pradhan, introduced himself as Ashish Pradhan, had set up Holiness Women’s Welfare Foundation.

Ghatagaon police arrested a man on charges of impersonating Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) and duping jobseekers on pretext of providing them employment. The arrested man has been identified as Sujit Padhiary, a resident of Sujanpur in Jajpur district.

He collected Rs 5000 to Rs 6000 from jobseekers promising them jobs of block coordinators and panchayat coordinators in Digapahandi, Hinjilicut, Aska, Shergarh and Patrapur blocks in Ganjam districts, sources informed.

According to sources, Padhiari allegedly duped some job aspirants from Jajpur, Keonjhar and Bhubaneswar promising them employment. 

Probably inspired by Bollywood movie 'Bunty Aur Babli', Manglu Swain and his girlfriend Himadri Behera allegedly duped students of lakhs by assuring them of jobs

Senior EOW officials said the duo, posing as Assistant Section Officer and the other as a senior official of Home Department, had duped 38 job aspirants including the complainant Badal Kumar Raula

Three siblings were arrested on Monday for duping Rs 14 lakh from a person in Jharsuguda in the name of providing jobs in Railway.

Bhubaneswar: The Jharkhand Police has arrested a top official of the Hi-Tech Medical College on charges of defrauding a person of Rs 5 lakh. As per the charges, Hi-Tech Medical College official, Tirpuati Choudhury had promised one Ramdhar Pautik of Bokaro area in Jharkhand to get an admission at the medical college and taken Rs […]

Bhubaneswar/Jatni: More than 30 persons have allegedly been defrauded of lakhs of rupees on false promises of jobs. A case has been registered at the Jatni police station and investigation is on, said police officials today. As per complaints, Jayakrushna Barik of Siko village under Jankia police limits in Khurda district duped youths and collected […]

Khurda: An MBA graduate was arrested yesterday by Khurda Industrial Area Outpost Police from an apartment near Janla on charges of duping Rs 25 lakh in the name of providing admission to a student in a government-run medical college. The accused, identified as Pradosh Dash of Naugaon area in Jagatsinghpur district, used to dupe people […]

Sambalpur: Cracking down on a fake job racket, the Sasan police in Sambalpur arrested four persons today on charges of duping more than 250 youths on the pretext of providing jobs. According to sources, the arrested persons used to dupe people of money by making false promises to provide jobs in different sectors including telecom, […]

Bhubaneswar: A case was registered against Millennium International Travels in the Nayapalli police station in the Odisha capital today. As per the complaint, the company had collected Rs 7.80 lakh from 78 youths (Rs 10,000 each) with a promise to provide them a job in different hotels in Dubai. But as the concerned company failed […]

Nabarangpur: Police claim to have busted a fake job racket by arresting three persons including a couple on charges of duping several people to the tune of lakhs of rupees on false assurance of providing them jobs in various government sectors. What’s more shocking is that the trio had opened offices at Nabarangpur and Umerkote […]

Bhubaneswar: Airfield police on Sunday detained two women from Kolathia area for allegedly duping a nurse on the pretext of proving her job at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in Bhubaneswar. The victim has been identified as Sanjita Mohapatra. According to a complaint filed by the victim, the two women had demanded Rs […]