http://oheraldo.in/node/5307 Ray of hope for 34 Goans in overseas job racket
MUMBAI, OCT 12 (UNI) –- There is some ray of hope for 34 Goans, among 437 others, who have been duped by a Mumbai-based recruitment 'firm' on a promise of overseas job. Mumbai city police have arrested two persons for cheating people, at Dadar, Mumbai. Addressing the media, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Dhananjay Kamlakar said accused - Yusuf Sabir Sayyed (41) and Toufiq Ahmed Shaikh (54) - had opened an office at Hind Industrial Estate at Dadar for providing placements abroad. The duo had issued an advertisement in the newspapers in Goa, Gujarat, and Tamil Nadu for providing jobs in United Kingdom, the Netherlands and other countries. In response to their advertisement, 471 candidates including 145 from Andhra Pradesh, 172 from Gujarat, 50 from Maharashtra, 34 from Goa, 36 from Tamil Nadu, five each from Rajasthan, Kolkata and Karnataka and three from Delhi approached them for jobs. Mr Kamlakar said the accused took Rs 60,000 from each person and collected their passports. However, they failed to send a single candidate abroad. Later, one of the persons registered a complaint against them for cheating following which, the police nabbed them yesterday from their office at Dadar. Both were produced in the metropolitan court, where they were remanded to police custody till October 21, the DCP added. -- Cheers, Gabe Menezes. London, England