Man arrested for duping people on pretext of providing jobs in foreign countries

A man was arrested here Friday for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of providing them jobs in foreign countries, police said. Police in Budgam district had received a complaint against a job consultancy firm -- Gulf HR Solutions, Hyderpora -- that its owner is cheating people on the pretext of providing them jobs in foreign countries, a police spokesman said.

While investigating the case, police learnt that the proprietor of Gulf HR consultancy has duped much-unemployed youth by providing them fake visas, fake appointment orders and fake air tickets and illegally grabbed a huge chunk of money from each one of them, he said. "Acting on a complaint, police arrested a man, identified as Adil Yousuf Sheikh, a resident of Nowpora in the Khayam area of the city," the spokesman said. He said relevant records were also seized for the purpose of investigation.