Fake job racket holds interviews inside Delhi govt office, cheats aspirants of lakhs
Delhi Police arrested three people, including a former Income Tax Department employee, for allegedly running a fake recruitment racket that conducted interviews inside the department's Civic Centre premises.
Delhi Police has arrested three people, including a former Income Tax Department employee, for allegedly running a fake recruitment racket that duped government job seekers by making the process appear genuine. Police said the accused posed as officials and carried out fake recruitment procedures inside the Income Tax Department premises at the Civic Centre.
According to police, the gang cheated at least six to seven people of around Rs 10 lakh. The accused allegedly took between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh from each victim after targeting unemployed youths through social media advertisements that claimed there were vacancies in the Income Tax Department.
The arrests were made after a resident of Ajmeri Gate complained that he had been cheated of over Rs 2 lakh on the false promise of a multi-tasking staff job in the Income Tax Department. A senior police officer said, "An FIR was registered at the Hauz Qazi police station on May 18 after the complainant alleged that the accused had induced him to part with his provident fund savings."
The complainant told police that in December 2025, one of the accused introduced himself as an employee of the department and assured him of arranging a government job. Another accused allegedly collected Rs 5,000 in cash, while the remaining Rs 1.98 lakh was transferred digitally into a bank account provided by the gang between December 22 and December 31, 2025.
The officer said, "To convince the victim, the accused allegedly prepared fake verification forms and continued assuring him that the recruitment process was underway until March this year before becoming untraceable." Following technical surveillance and analysis of bank transactions and phone records, police arrested Rohit Chauhan alias Deepak Tiwari, 37, from Rohini on July 3.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Chirag Aggarwal alias Naveen Prakash, 41, a former MTS employee of the department, and Tarun Goswami alias Giriraj, 37. Police said another suspect, Pawan Dutt Sharma, also a former multitasking employee, has been bound down during the investigation.
During interrogation, the accused allegedly said they targeted unemployed youths through social media advertisements and collected their educational documents before conducting fake interviews and orientation sessions inside the offices and parking area of the department at the Civic Centre.
The officer added, "Victims were also shown fake service books and verification forms and were told that their identity cards were under process, while no appointment letters or official receipts were ever issued."
Police said Chirag Aggarwal, who had worked as an MTS employee for around 15 years, escorted victims inside the department premises and briefed them about the job profile to lend credibility to the fake process. Four mobile phones allegedly used in the crime, identity documents of the victims and fake verification forms have been seized. Police said the investigation is continuing to trace the alleged mastermind, identify more victims and ascertain the involvement of other accused.
The case centres on an alleged fake hiring network that used social media, forged documents and access to official premises to cheat job seekers, with police now probing the wider role of others linked to the racket.
Delhi Police has arrested three people, including a former Income Tax Department employee, for allegedly running a fake recruitment racket that duped government job seekers by making the process appear genuine. Police said the accused posed as officials and carried out fake recruitment procedures inside the Income Tax Department premises at the Civic Centre.
According to police, the gang cheated at least six to seven people of around Rs 10 lakh. The accused allegedly took between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh from each victim after targeting unemployed youths through social media advertisements that claimed there were vacancies in the Income Tax Department.
The arrests were made after a resident of Ajmeri Gate complained that he had been cheated of over Rs 2 lakh on the false promise of a multi-tasking staff job in the Income Tax Department. A senior police officer said, "An FIR was registered at the Hauz Qazi police station on May 18 after the complainant alleged that the accused had induced him to part with his provident fund savings."
The complainant told police that in December 2025, one of the accused introduced himself as an employee of the department and assured him of arranging a government job. Another accused allegedly collected Rs 5,000 in cash, while the remaining Rs 1.98 lakh was transferred digitally into a bank account provided by the gang between December 22 and December 31, 2025.
The officer said, "To convince the victim, the accused allegedly prepared fake verification forms and continued assuring him that the recruitment process was underway until March this year before becoming untraceable." Following technical surveillance and analysis of bank transactions and phone records, police arrested Rohit Chauhan alias Deepak Tiwari, 37, from Rohini on July 3.
Further investigation led to the arrest of Chirag Aggarwal alias Naveen Prakash, 41, a former MTS employee of the department, and Tarun Goswami alias Giriraj, 37. Police said another suspect, Pawan Dutt Sharma, also a former multitasking employee, has been bound down during the investigation.
During interrogation, the accused allegedly said they targeted unemployed youths through social media advertisements and collected their educational documents before conducting fake interviews and orientation sessions inside the offices and parking area of the department at the Civic Centre.
The officer added, "Victims were also shown fake service books and verification forms and were told that their identity cards were under process, while no appointment letters or official receipts were ever issued."
Police said Chirag Aggarwal, who had worked as an MTS employee for around 15 years, escorted victims inside the department premises and briefed them about the job profile to lend credibility to the fake process. Four mobile phones allegedly used in the crime, identity documents of the victims and fake verification forms have been seized. Police said the investigation is continuing to trace the alleged mastermind, identify more victims and ascertain the involvement of other accused.
The case centres on an alleged fake hiring network that used social media, forged documents and access to official premises to cheat job seekers, with police now probing the wider role of others linked to the racket.
