New Delhi: A 31-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly duping people in the name of providing them jobs in banks in South West Delhi. Police gave this information on Thursday.

Accused Vishal Ahuja, who was arrested on Wednesday, is a diploma holder and previously worked in KFC and Pizza Hut, but had to leave his job due to an accident last year, a police officer said.

"After recovery, he was looking for a job and was cheated by a fraudster," the officer said.

He said he allegedly used the same method to deceive others.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South-West) Rohit Meena said Ahuja, a resident of Uttam Nagar, had purchased a package from the WorkIndia job portal to publish false advertisements of banking assistant and data entry operator opportunities.

“When interested job seekers would contact him on WhatsApp, he would dupe them in the name of verification fees, demo fees, interview fees etc.,” the DCP said.

He said Ahuja also used to send false offer letters, appointment letters and confirmation letters from HDFC Bank after changing the names of the candidates using online PDF editors.

He allegedly posed as an HR employee of a bank and opened the bank accounts of the victims after taking their KYC documents and biometrics. He used those accounts to defraud others, Meena said.

The matter came to light when Sagar Ranga, one of the victims, lodged a complaint after he was duped of Rs 6,800 by Ahuja, who pretended to be an employee of HDF Bank and promised to get his wife a job, an official said.

The officer said that during the investigation, police found out that Ahuja was involved in two other fraud cases.