Man offers jobs to youths posing as Indian Navy official, takes money for issuing uniforms, identity cards

The man, who operated from Ambernath in Thane district, offered young candidates “fake employment” in the Indian Navy as security guards, it said in a release.

TN National Desk

Updated Aug 3, 2022, 23:01 IST

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New Delhi: A man posed as ‘captain Sameer Singh’ of the Indian Navy and cheated youth by promising them jobs in the Navy, the Indian Navy said on Wednesday.

The Indian Navy filed a complaint with Thane Police in Maharashtra seeking the arrest of the man.

The man, who operated from Ambernath in Thane district, offered young candidates “fake employment” in the Indian Navy as security guards, it said in a release.

“A case of fraudulent recruitment into Naval Police came to light recently, master-minded by an individual claiming to be Capt Sameer Singh of the Indian Navy. The individual reportedly offered young candidates fake employment in the Indian Navy as security guards,” the Navy release said.

“A preliminary investigation conducted by Naval Police revealed that this individual used a fake Ministry of Defence letter, indicating INS Kunjali, situated at Colaba, Mumbai, as being the recruitment and work place,” it added.

The man took money from job aspirants as application fee and for issuing “uniforms and identity cards”, the release said.

A Naval Police team lodged a complaint with Shivaji Nagar Police station in Ambernath East, requesting the police to apprehend the man and register a First Information Report against him, it added.

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