India News | UP: 3 Held for Duping People on Pretext of Providing Army Jobs

Kanpur, Aug 21 (PTI) Three people were arrested in a joint operation carried out by the police and the military intelligence on Monday for allegedly duping people on the pretext of giving them jobs in the army, an official said.

The accused posed as army officials and targeted youngsters outside colleges, schools and coaching centres, said Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central) Pramod Kumar.

Also Read | Somalia Orders Ban on TikTok, Telegram.

Himanshu Sharma (21), Ankur Pal (22) and Aditya Kumar Rajpoot (25), residents of Kanpur, were arrested from Swaroop Nagar area where they had come to collect money from a victim identified as Ankita Gupta, DCP added.

The matter came to light when Gupta approached army officials, including those from military intelligence, and shared with them information regarding a gang assuring youngsters of government jobs in the territorial army.

Also Read | Export Duty on Onions: Maharashtra Minister Dada Bhuse Says ‘It Will Make No Difference If People Do Not Eat Onions for 2-4 Months’ (Watch Video).

The military intelligence passed the inputs to the DCP who asked the Swaroop Nagar police to lodge an FIR on Sunday against Sharma who had introduced himself to Gupta as a major of the army.

Fake appointment letters from the army, fake identity cards, an air pistol, and forged army documents were seized from those arrested, the DCP said.

(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)