EOW, ODISHA ARRESTS ANOTHER ACCUSED IN THE HUGE INTER-STATE JOB SCAM

Bhubaneswar, (odishabarta)
EOW, Odisha arrested accd. Akashpu Veera Chaitanya (DOB: 27.08.1998), S/o Late Akashpu Basava Raju, At. Falt No. 301, Plot No. 637/W/P, TNGO Colony, Katedhan, K.V.Rangareddy, Telangana, Permanent resident of Hanuman Colony, Palakollu Mandal, PS: Palakollu Town, Dist. West Godawari, Andhra pradesh, A/p: Flat No. 102, Ram Kuteer Apartment, Ravellapalam, Kommadhi, PS: PM Palem, Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, on 03.02.2024 from Palem PS, Visakhapatnam, AP limit area. The arrested accused was produced before the Hon’ble PO, Designated Court, Cuttack today i.e. on 04.03.2024.

This refers to EOW PS Case No.01 dtd.09.01.2024 U/s 420/467/ 468/471/120-B IPC r/w Sec.66 (D) IT Act. This case is based on the suo-motu enquiry conducted by EOW in connection with the advertisement published in the local daily Sambad on dtd.18.12.2023 and 22.12.2023 by Aided Schools Welfare Society (Educational Organization Supported by Govt).

The arrested accused Akashpu Veera Chaitanya by entering into a criminal conspiracy with mastermind Md. Sanaullah, Sakshi Jain of Hyderabad, Surath Dalai of Balasore and others floated the fake advertisement in a fake website and in the local dailies of different States. In the name of application fee for the jobs, they collected Rs.1000/- per candidate and cheated the job aspirants across the nation to the tune of crores of rupees. As found, an amount of Rs.60 lakhs from the cheated amount has landed in the account of the arrested accused A V Chaitanya.

The arrested accd. Akashpu Veera Chaitanya and mastermind Md. Sanaullah are also involved in Masab Tank PS, Hyderabad Case No.73 dt.02.09.2023 u/s 417/420/406/465/467/468/471/506/149 IPC. The other cases against the accd. persons are under collection.

This racket was being run from Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad but was operating in at least 06 States i.e. Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

During investigation, it was revealed that :

Advertisements had been published by one newly created fraud organization “Aided Schools welfare Society” in which it is mentioned that applications are invited from eligible candidates for Non-teaching posts in Aided Schools in Odisha

for different posts like Development Officer, Welfare Officer, School Supervisor, School Clerks, School Attenders and watchmen with specific eligibility and remuneration and vacancies. The last date of online Application for the above posts was 10.01.2024. The salary offered was from Rs.28,000/- to Rs.40,000/- per month.

The organization also runs a website i.e. www.modelschools.ac . The website and advertisement were carefully designed so as to resemble the Govt. website for misleading, duping the unemployed youth to believe that is a bona fide Govt. website/Job.

To mislead and cheat the gullible job aspirants it had used the Govt job features/ requirements like Reservation, Age relaxation etc. in their website and advertisements.

Application fee was Rs.1,000/- per post per candidate. They were planning to put heavy Interview fee, security fee, verification fee etc. in the coming days before closing the website/ vanishing.

Like previous such scams, It was found that scammers have used various mule bank accounts to collect the fees so that they can fool/ puzzle the police/ law enforcement agencies.

Like previous scams, it was found the members of this gang are using fake SIMS. 7. Scammers were also using many YouTube Channels to promote their scheme/ Job advertisements especially targeting the strong aspiration of Youths to get a Government Job.

So far, transactions of more than Rs.1.7 Crore were noticed in these bank accounts. Most of the money is withdrawn in cash through ATM to leave no financial trail.

So far, we have mainly enquired the Odisha aspect of this scam. We will be alerting the police/ law enforcement agencies of other concerned States.

case. Earlier, Mohammad Sanaullah, Sakshi Jain and Surat Dalai were arrested in the

Many incriminating articles like one laptop, three mobile phones, four pen drives, one hard disc, debit cards and cheque books have been seized from the possession of the arrested accused A V Chaitanya.