Duo in net for duping youths promising jobs

Pune: The Pune rural police on Saturday arrested two persons for posing as Indian Navy officers and cheating many jobseekers over the past two years.
The arrested duo duped youths from Pune, Satara, Sangli, Ahmednagar, Solapur, Osmanabad, Wardha, Washim and other districts of the state. A team headed by superintendent of police, Pune rural, Sandeep Patil and senior inspector Padmakar Ghanwat arrested the suspects — Nitin Tanaji Jadhav (30) of Baramati and Akash Kashinath Dange (25) of Phaltan in Satara.
A case against them was registered at the Bhigwan police station. Police were searching them for a few months.
The police said the duo visited different towns posing as naval officers. They used to interact with the local youths and claim that the Indian Navy was looking for people for posts like storekeeper, guards and naval officers. They used to take Rs3-4 lakh from the youths promising them jobs, Ghanwat said.
After taking the money, the duo would send fake appointment letters to the youths.