I-T job fraud: Nine aspirants paid ₹2-3 lakh each to accused

A police official said: “Initial probe has confirmed that security guards allowed job aspirants to enter the I-T office at Hazartganj when the latter used Priyanka Mishra’s name as reference.“

The woman who was reportedly caught conducting job interviews from inside the Income Tax department building in Lucknow, had given fake appointment letters to at least nine persons, senior police officials investigating the issue said.

I-T job fraud: Nine aspirants paid ₹2-3 lakh each to accused

The accused Priyanka Mishra, who hails from Shahjahanpur, took ₹2-3 lakh from each of the nine persons after assuring them of jobs in the government department.

The officials said she has been charged under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 (cheating), 467 and 468 (forgery) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document). They said the FIR was lodged against the woman on the complaint of I-T department spokesperson Aniruddh Chowdhary.

Additional deputy commissioner of police (ADCP-Central) Rajesh Srivastava said the woman was jailed after producing her before a competent court on Wednesday. “She has confessed to issuing fake recruitment letters to nine people in return for money. The police will further investigate to confirm the list of people cheated by her and other people involved in the fraud.”

Another police official privy to the investigation said: “Initial probe has confirmed that security guards allowed job aspirants to enter the I-T office at Hazartganj when the latter used Priyanka Mishra’s name as reference. She might have fooled the guards and others into believing that she is an I-T officer in Delhi. She had been visiting the Hazratganj office for the past week.”