Tribune News Service Mohali January 7 The Mohali police have arrested the manager of a city-based company and booked its owner for defrauding people of several lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing jobs. The suspects have been identified as Nitin a resident of Pehowa in Kurukshetra district and the owner of Weft Technology Company Sector 70 Mohali and Harwinder Singh a resident of Aluna Bana village near Payal in Ludhiana district and the manager of the company. Diksha in her complaint to the police alleged that she had uploaded her resume on a job portal. On December 5 she received a call from the office of Weft Technology Company in Sector 70 Mohali to appear for an interview on December 7. She said the accused asked her to give Rs4500 in cash and transfer Rs10000 online. She alleged that the accused did not provide her job and instead demanded Rs8000 more from her. After receiving the complaint Deputy Superintendent of Police Pal Singh handed over the investigation to the Economic Offences Wing of the Mohali police led by Inspector Amardeep Singh. The investigation revealed that Nitin and Harwinder used to download the resume of several youths and contact them on their mobile phones. The accused had duped several youths of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of providing jobs. A case under Sections 406 420 465 467 468 471 and 120-B of the IPC has been registered. The owner of the firm was absconding.

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