Odisha: Four held for duping job aspirants by promising posts in AIIMS Bhubaneswar

Odisha police said the fraudsters were inviting applications from aspirants for different posts at All India Institute Of Medical Science Bhubaneswar through fake advertisements on a Facebook account they had opened. They identified themselves as HR head of AIIMS Bhubaneswar and duped aspirants of lakhs of rupees, read here for more details.

In Odisha, four persons were arrested by the Cyber Police for allegedly duping job aspirants of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing them jobs at AIIMS Bhubaneswar in various posts. 

As per police, these fraudsters were inviting applications from aspirants for different posts in the premier institute through fake advertisements on a Facebook account they had opened. They identified themselves as HR head of the AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

The arrested persons were identified as Badal das (23), Sanjay Kumar Sahoo (26), Sunil Sethi (29) and Ajaya Kumar Jena (25), as reported by Odisha bytes.

Reportedly, they posed as doctors and also provided fake appointment letters to the job aspirants and demanded INR 30,000 for each job. They collected nearly INR 2.28 lakh by duping these aspirants.

The scam came to light after victims lodged a complaint with Cyber Police Station against them alleging that they have duped nearly INR 2.28 lakh. The police arrested them after the investigation and also seized INR 80,000 cash, mobile phones and pre-activated mobile SIMs from their possession.

AIIMS Bhubaneswar is currently hiring Contractual Staff for ICMR funded Extramural project. The interview for the same will be held on February 16, 2023.

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