The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Delhi Police arrested 43-year-old man involved in a racket that duped around 40 people on the pretext of getting them jobs in the Railways. The accused has been identified as Mohammad Raghib Firoz, a resident of Greater Noida. Police said that he holds a post-graduate degree in psychology and a diploma in journalism and mass communication.

Police said that around 40 job aspirants were cheated to the tune of Rs 2.44 crore by the accused. Most of the victims come from poor families in villages around Agra, Hathras and Patna.

According to R K Singh, the Additional Commissioner of Police, EOW, one of the accused would pose as an IAS officer and lie to the victims about good acquaintance and liaison with the Railway Board, while others organised bogus job training sessions for them.

“Fake appointment and training letters were issued, fake medical examinations conducted and three months' job training was also organised in Dehradun to earn their trust, said the Additional CP.

“Investigations revealed that the victims had no idea about the whereabouts of the accused, except for their phone numbers. They used to meet them at Paharganj hotels and near the Railway Bhawan in Delhi,” he said.

“Through manual and technical surveillance, police team traced Firoz from Greater Noida. He has been arrested and taken on police custody remand,” said the additional CP.

“Firoz coordinated all activities of the racket, including collection of money from victims, filling of various forms regarding appointment and training, besides other miscellaneous affairs in the commission of the economic offence, police said.

Two people, Brij Kishore and Sachin Kumar, were arrested in the case earlier, police said.