Raigad man loses Rs 22 lakh to job bait

PUNE: The Pimpri Chinchwad police registered a case after a Raigad district resident lodged a complaint accusing three men, including one from Bhosari, of cheating him of Rs22 lakh on the promise of helping him secure jobs for his son and nephew in the state government.
The 49-year-old complainant is a tailor at a garment factory at Ulhasnagar in Thane district.He spent all his savings and also borrowed money from his friends to pay the trio.
The money was paid partly in cash and partly through online transfers between June 2018 and January 2020. For the past year-and-a-half, the complainant asked the trio for a refund as his son and nephew did not get any jobs. “The man on Wednesday filed an FIR,” an officer said.
The complainant told TOI he and the suspect from Bhosari met through a common friend about five years ago. “The man told me that he was a social worker with good contacts in Mantralaya and could help my son and nephew get jobs,” he said.