Two held in job scam

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MUMBAI: Two persons have been arrested by the Santa Cruz airport police for duping job-seekers by promising them employment as loaders with Kingfisher Airlines and accepting money for it. The accused, both undergraduates, won the confidence of their victims by getting them to fill up a variety of forms, including a police clearance paper required for the job. One of the accused, Jitendra Shah, had earlier worked on contract for an agency that reported to Kingfisher Airlines. The other accused, Amar Panda, worked as a waiter with a canteen located on the domestic airport premises. The police suspect the fraud may run into several lakhs. So far, two complainants have come forward and the police have appealed to others who might have been conned in a similar manner to lodge complaints. According to the police, Dadar resident Damodar Gurav approached them with a complaint against the duo on April 3. According to Gurav, he first came in contact with Panda in October 2006. Panda then promised him a job as a loader and asked for Rs 30,000, with an initial instalment of Rs 15,000 to be paid immediately. Panda then asked Gurav to fill up several forms, besides asking for his photographs. "Panda and Shah had laid their hands on a sheaf of original documents of a job applicant. They used to take photocopies of these documents and replace the name of the original applicant with that of the job-seeker whom they were duping. They used a whitener to wipe out the original applicant's name,"said senior inspector D Sidham. Shah had flaunted an identity-card issued by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) when he worked with his former employer till three years ago. He had not returned the card when he left the job. "The card is now invalid but this was not realised by job-seekers who thought Shah had the powers to get them a job,"an officer said. The police have also recovered documents from the accused including hospitality forms and a no-objection certificate addressed to the Special Branch-CID. Shah, a resident of Andheri and Panda, a Dadar resident, have been booked for cheating. The spokesperson for Kingfisher Airlines was unavailable for comment.
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