[India] - Phony IPS guy cons jobseeker of Rs 30 lakh

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
MUMBAI: Two men have been arrested after one of them masqueraded as a top officer in the Indian Police Service (IPS) and allegedly cheated a
bank job aspirant of Rs 30 lakh by promising him a senior post with a nationalised bank
threatened to frame the job seeker in a case when he demanded his money back.Fake documents similar to those of Central government offices,
some of them with forged signatures of the Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, have been recovered from the two, said officials of
the property cell of the crime branch of Mumbai police.Deputy commissioner of police (crime) Raj Tilak Roushan confirmed the news of the
Vinay Jadhav (28) who had met the two men to seek help for a friend who was trying for a job with a nationalised bank
They had claimed that he is highly connected in bureaucratic circles in Mumbai and Delhi and could pull strings with to get any work done.At
to lend credence to their false claim and to convince the job seeker to pay up
brought down to Rs 90 lakh.The job seeker agreed to pay Rs 30 lakh initially and the rest after he got his appointment letter.However, when
learnt that the person they were looking for had no connection with the office, said an officer from the property cell.