Thane RTO agent loses Rs 11 lakh in job fraud; 2 booked

Thane, Jul 19 (PTI) Police have registered a case against two persons for allegedly cheating a 60-year-old RTO agent from Maharashtra's Thane district of Rs 11 lakh by promising a government job for his son, officials said on Sunday. The accused approached the victim, a resident of the Ulhasnagar township, last year and offered to secure a job in the Income Tax (I-T) department for his son. They demanded Rs 11 lakh for the purpose, an official said. However, after receiving the money, the accused failed to deliver on their promise. When asked about the job, the accused brushed it off, informing the victim that they would instead get his son a job in the Directorate of Health Services at Nashik. To gain the victim's trust, the accused also showed him a fabricated selection list of the health services department. As the promised employment did not materialise, the victim enquired about the status. The accused gave evasive replies, neither providing the promised job nor returning the money taken from him. Based on the victim's complaint, the police registered a case against the two accused on July 16 under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 318(4) (cheating), 336(3) (forgery), 335 (making a false document), 340(1) and 340(2) (fraudulently or dishonestly using as genuine any document or electronic record), and 3(5) (common intention), the official added. PTI COR GK