Srinagar: Crime Branch Kashmir has booked the proprietor of popular job website  naukri.com for allegedly providing fake employment letters to the job aspirants in lieu of money.

The fraud surfaced after crime branch lodged an FIR on a complaint received from the victim Shazia of Bugroo, Budgam, where she alleged that she was induced by one Satish Kumar Yadav from “Naukri.Com” to deposit an amount of Rs. 50,000 in account number 6133000100039639 of Punjab National Bank (PNB), for providing a job.

The crime branch stated that after depositing the amount, neither the job was provided nor the money paid by the victim to the job providing company was returned.

“Thereby he cheated the complainant and grabbed her hard earned money,” the crime branch stated.

Soon after the complaint was filed by the aggrieved party, the Crime Branch Kashmir initiated an enquiry, during the course of which it came to fore that the complainant was induced by the suspect Satish Kumar Yadav, who happens to be the proprietor  of “Naukri.Com” to deposit an amount of Rs. 50,000 in account number 6133000100039639  of PNB for providing of the job.

“The complainant deposited the said amount in the bank account which is maintained/ operated in the name of Satish Kumar Yadav of ShahpurBamheta Ghaziabad Uttar Pardesh,” the crime branch stated.

“It is also learnt that the suspect mailed an order/letter of confirmation for ICICI bank through his email ID. In this regard, correspondence was made with bank to ascertain the genuineness and as per the letter of ICICI Bank authorities, the said order/letter of confirmation is fake. As such the suspect has cheated the complainant and grabbed her hard earned money in a fraudulent and deceitful manner”.

After establishing the crime, the crime branch booked the proprietor of the naukri.com, Satish Kumar Yadav, under FIR No. 31/2018 under section 420, 467, RPC.  66D I.T Act.