LB Nagar cops bust fake government job racket; 3 held

Hyderabad: Three persons were arrested for allegedly running a fake job racket. The sleuths of SOT of LB Nagar Zone team along with Pocharam IT corridor police busted the racket.

The police said that the accused have prior arrests in similar cases for duping job seekers by promising to offer positions in various government and public sectors, including the FCI, SBI Bank, court outsourcing, AG office, post office, railway, income tax inspector, GST office, revenue and electricity departments and software jobs.

Cash worth Rs 4 lakhs along with other incriminating evidence was seized from the accused.

The accused have been booked under sections 406, 420 IPC of Pocharam IT corridor police station, Rachakonda.

The accused have been identified as Shaik Bade Shaheb alias Shaik Munna (30), Muthoju Laxmana (24) and Madaka Rama Swamy (54). Shaik Munna has cases registered against him in Khammam, Chaitanyapuri and Saroor Nagar police stations. Another two accused in the case are Mohd Malik and Akash, who would have prepared fake ID cards and placement orders for the scam.

Case details

The crime came to light when a person named Kasarapu Thirupathi filed a complaint. In 2023, the complainant’s friends, Ramchander, residing at Mahabubabad, and Sammaiah, residing at Bhupalapally, visited the complainant to discuss job opportunities for their children. Subsequently, the complainant's distant relative/accused Madaka Ramaswamy called the complainant, informing him that he had secured a government job for his son and inquired if anyone else was interested in government jobs.

The complainant believed this information and passed the same to his friends, who expressed interest in securing jobs for their children. The complainant paid Rs 12,00,000 to secure a job for his daughter while Ramchander and Sammaiah paid Rs 16,00,000 each to secure jobs for their children. These payments were made both online and in cash.

The accused provided fake appointment letters and ID cards. When the complainant and others came to know about the fraud and demanded the money back. The accused promised to return the money and disappeared. A case was registered at Pocharam IT Corridor Police Station, Rachakonda and an investigation is under progress.

Modus operandi

Munna deceived job aspirants by offering non-existent government jobs. He would work as a subcontractor for contracting agencies and appointed unemployed people to complete these tasks. He hired unemployed individuals through agents, collecting between Rs 10 to 15 lakhs depending on the person and the position. He created fake appointment orders make them to attend the data work and made them believe it was temporary work before the regular appointment.

After receiving the initial amount, he sent a fake mail through the mail ID (incometaxservices.govt.in@gmail.com) and created a fraudulent website that falsely indicated job placement.

Shaik Munna would send the details of unemployed individuals to Akash of West Bengal and Malik who create fake job IDs and appointment letters. The accused used to credit 2-3 months of salary into victim’s accounts to give confidence and to attract more unemployed youth.

They collected between Rs 10 to 15 lakhs from each victim, promising them government positions after initially hiring them. After receiving the money, Munna would switch off his mobile phone, change SIM cards and disappear.

The accused also created a fake forged agreement as he was entitled to collect the applications on behalf of the government to avail new schemes like Gruha Jyothi, Gruha Laxmi, etc., and collected Rs 33 lakhs from a person Shanker R/o. Kodad with a fake promise of providing the same contract work.

He collected Rs 10 lakhs from one Bhukya Ravindra Naik with a false promise of allotment of liquor shop and transfer to the victim and cheated.