Fake job racket busted in Delhi, unemployed people cheated of lakhs of rupees, accused arrested

News Topical, Digital Desk : The South District Police in the capital Delhi have busted a major fraudulent job racket that was duping unemployed youth of lakhs of rupees by promising them jobs in prestigious companies. The gang operated out of Kotla Mubarakpur and has defrauded over a hundred young people so far.

In this case, police have arrested five accused, including the mastermind of the gang, identified as Tariq Khan, Kapil, Tannum alias Tannu, Adiba, and Shahana alias Zoya. They are residents of Shalimar Garden, Malkaganj, and Welcome areas in Delhi. Police have recovered mobile phones, payment receipts, fake documents, UPI/QR codes, and bank details from their possession.

Fraud in the name of job

According to DCP Ankit Chauhan, the complainant, Manisha, a resident of Shalimar Garden, stated in her complaint to the Kotla Mubarakpur police that on September 22, 2025, she received a call from a man named Amardeep, who claimed that Manisha's profile had been shortlisted by Deloitte through Naukri.com and that she had been invited for an interview at "Skill Innovation Solutions," located in Kotla Mubarakpur. Following the interview, the accused extorted ₹24,000 from her in the name of processing and security fees, but she was neither offered a job nor refunded.

During the investigation, it was revealed that a man named Tariq Khan was the mastermind of the entire racket. He, along with Tanu, Kapil, Adiba, and Shahana alias Zoya, were running this fake placement agency. So far, they had defrauded more than 100 people of approximately 15 lakh rupees.

Special team laid a trap and conducted a decoy operation

Given the seriousness of the case, the South District Police Special Staff Team was assigned to investigate. Led by Inspector Anurag Singh, the team, consisting of SI Manish, SI Naveen, ASI Prakash, and others, gathered intelligence and devised a plan to conduct a raid using a decoy customer to catch the gang red-handed.

During the raid, police found H. No. 101, 1st Floor, 1898, A/1, Kotla Mubarakpur, where a full-fledged fake office was being operated. All the accused were apprehended at the scene and confessed to their crimes during interrogation.

This is how the fake job racket was running

The accused had set up a fake placement agency called "Skill Innovation Solutions." To make it appear genuine, they hired approximately 10 telemarketers who would call candidates by submitting profiles from online job portals. They would be called to the office on the pretext of an interview, where they would be extorted as security or processing fees. Once the money was received, the accused would stop contacting the candidates and, after a few months, would relocate to a new location, resuming the same practice.

Police recovered important evidence

Police seized several mobile phones, payment receipts, fake documents, UPI/QR codes, bank details, and hundreds of job-seeker resumes from the scene. All these documents provide evidence of the gang's systematic fraud. Police are now conducting a thorough investigation into the network's involvement, the victims who were defrauded, and the financial transactions. Forensic examination of digital evidence is also underway to identify the remaining members of the gang.

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