Seven women arrested for duping job aspirants

A gang of seven women, who were allegedly running a fake placement agency, were arrested for duping more than 150 people across India. They cheated victims on the pretext of providing them lucrative jobs in reputed airline companies, the police said on Monday.

The accused were identified as Sushmita (26), Chhaya (21), Akansha Sharma (21), Pooja (21), Roshni (24), Rekha (23) and Jyoti (29) and efforts are being made to nab the absconding accused. On Saturday evening, the police raided the first floor of a building in west Delhi’s Ramesh Nagar area where a fake job placement agency was being run through a call centre, they said. The accused promised people jobs in reputed government and private airlines, the police said.