Two Nigerians held for running job racket

NEW DELHI: Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the crime branch of Delhi Police for allegedly running a job racket in Delhi and other cities in south Delhi,

NEW DELHI: Two Nigerian nationals have been arrested by the crime branch of Delhi Police for allegedly running a job racket in Delhi and other cities in south Delhi, police said on Saturday.

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Fifty-two SIM cards, two data cards, three laptops and five mobile phones were recovered from them. The gang had recently duped a woman of Rs 2.25 lakh by promising her a job in Qatar Airways, police said.

Michael James, 30, and his compatriot, Umeadi Valentine Chigozie, 32, were caught on Wednesday after probe into a cheating case filed by M Ganagalakshmi at the cyber cell of crime branch earlier this month, said Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner of police (crime).

Ganagalakshmi, Yadav said, alleged the men duped her of Rs 2.25 lakh on pretext of providing her a job in Qatar Airways Company. The woman was targeted through messages sent on her mobile phone.

When she showed interest in the job offer, the cheats tricked her into depositing money in their bank accounts in the name of various processing charges.