Two youths cheated of Rs 23 lakh with promise of BMC jobs

MUMBAI: (Mar 15) Two youngsters were cheated of Rs 23.43 lakh with the promise of jobs in Mumbai's civic body, a police official said on Saturday.

Complainant Chandra Kishore Prasad (26), a UPSC aspirant living in an MHADA transit building in Kandivali West, has claimed he was introduced to the accused Himanshu Mohan Mishra by his friend Adarsh Shobhnath Yadav, the Kasturba Marg police station official said.

"Mishra, claiming to be a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation staffer promised to secure two supervisor posts in the civic water department. He assured the victims that the jobs were guaranteed if they paid money and also promised to refund the amount if the employment did not materialise," he said.