NEW DELHI: A man who rented bank accounts to crooks has been arrested along with his associate who duped youth on the pretext of providing jobs at Delhi airport.
Nine of the bank accounts belonging to the former have been traced and transactions are being analysed. Over a dozen youth transferred money into these accounts in hope of getting jobs.
According to DCP (airport) Sanjay Tyagi, the accused have been identified as Naveen Pathak and Kamal Sharma.
Police had received a complaint in June wherein the complainant had alleged that he had been cheated under false pretences of getting employment at IGI Airport. He further informed that he deposited money in bank accounts as conveyed by the accused as “security deposit and insurance charge” and also provided the suspect’s phone number.
Probe revealed that the accused had duped several others in the name of facilitating jobs in different airlines. They had deposited money in bank accounts belonging to Kamal Sharma and Yogesh Sharma.
The probe revealed Naveen Pathak as the mastermind and, hence, technical surveillance was mounted through which he was traced. During questioning, he revealed that he had provided around 15 bank accounts to other accused. On Pathak's disclosure, Kamal Sharma was arrested from Aligarh, UP.
