ES Reporter 

ITANAGAR, Dec 13: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) busted a fake job racket and arrested the husband-wife duo from West Bengal who conned many unsuspecting people of Arunachal and Assam with jobs in the newly inaugurated Donyi-Polo Airport, Itanagar and other airports.
Speaking to the media, SP (SIT) Rohit Rajbeer Singh informed that on November 4 last,  a written complaint was received from one  Surjyaditya Banerjee, Itanagar to the effect that sometime in the month of September this year, he had come across an airport job advertisement on Facebook and applied for the same. He contacted one unknown woman over the phone whose number was flashed in the advertisement and followed the procedure as prompted and ended up being cheated.
The complainant had paid a total amount of Rs. 20775.00 into their account on various dates through UPI and in return received an appointment letter and various documents from them which were later found to be fake.
The police team, through intensive surveillance and social media investigations, was able to zero down on Subhasish Mistri ( 26) resident of 24 North Parganas,Barrackpore, West Bengal, as the mastermind behind the offence, and subsequently arrested him on December 7 last  from West Bengal. His wife Mampi Bannerjee has also been arrested for the offence. 
Upon interrogation, it was revealed that the accused formerly worked in a BPO company in Kolkata dealing with mobile towers installations, and during peer interactions, he got the idea of running a fraudulent campaign for recruitment purposes, in the month of September 2021.
He then opened a fake Facebook account in the name of "Sunanda Saikia". He then made one airport job advertisement after some editing, posted it on Facebook in the month of October-November 2021 mentioning his mobile number for job query purposes. He also downloaded the seal of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly and signatures from the internet.
After some days, many applicants started sending their documents — Biodata, PAN Card and qualification certificates through his WhatsApp number. After that,he asked them to deposit money for uniform fees and logistics. The couple scammed more thant 100 people both from Arunachal and Assam  as well as duped more than Rs. 10 lakhs. The duo lured unsuspecting people with promise of jobs in the Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar and other nearby Airports with fake certificates and other documents, and seals.
 They even made a fake Seal of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (APLA) and used it in a fake certificate to scam people, added the SP.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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