Navi Mumbai: Two residents of Kharghar have been arrested for cheating around 20 people by promising jobs in Canada.
Pravin Kumar Lalchand (42), a B.Com graduate, had started an office in the name of Ventures Overseas Career Consultant in Vashi around a year and a half ago. He hired Tejas Vishal Tondon (33), a divorcee, and they started cheating people who were hunting for jobs abroad.
Sujata Pandurang Pawar, a teacher from Govandi, was promised a job in Canada for herself and her 12th pass husband. She even paid ₹1.37 lakh, but the agency didn’t offer them jobs.
Ms. Pawar approached the Vashi police. “The accused don’t have any tie-up with any companies abroad,” assistant police inspector Deepak Barkale from Vashi police station said.
Mr. Lalchand had taken the shop on rent at ₹50,000 per month. “We have recovered ₹3.93 lakh from the accused,” Mr. Barkale said.
