One arrested for cheating people

NEW DELHI - A man who used to cheat people on the pretext of providing them jobs abroad has been arrested, police said Sunday.

“Praveen Kumar Sharma was arrested from Karkardooma Institutional Area in east Delhi Friday. On interrogation, he confessed to cheating several people on pretext of providing them jobs abroad. He used to charge a fee ranging from Rs.30,000- Rs.200,000,” a senior police officer said.

Sharma used to chose illiterate people from rural background who he used to think would not come forward to complain against him, the police officer said.

“After operating in one city for some months, he used to shift to another location. He has cheated hundreds of people,” the police officer added.