Fake placement agency busted, kingpin arrested

A person was arrested from Gariahat in the southern part of the city for running a fake placement agency and duping several people by promising them jobs, the police said today.
Subrata Adhikary (45) of Corn Field Road in Gariahat police station area was arrested late last night for running an organised racket along with others duping people by promising them jobs in central government, a senior officer of Kolkata Police said.
"They gave advertisement in leading dailies announcing huge vacancies in the name of Agricultural Development Trust of India, thereby alluring educated job-seekers with a central government job," he said.

More than 300 people were "selected" by them issuing forged documents with fake office-seals and stamps in the name of the Trust and were asked to undertake a pre-induction training at a place in Bhowanipore coughing Rs 1,600 per head as charges, the officer elaborated about their modus operandi.
However, after the training they were neither provided any job nor were their money returned, he said adding that the probe was started after Tathagata Mukherjee (23), an MBA graduate from Tala, lodged a complaint with the police.
"We have started a probe and initiated a look-out for the rest of the members of the gang," he said.

The arrested was produced before the court of CJM, Alipore from where he has been remanded to police custody till July 4.