Following complaints of a man who claimed that he was duped of more than Rs 1,00,000 by a man on the pretext of being given an MBBS seat, a FIR was registered at DLF Phase-2 police station on Sunday.
Shripal Arya, a resident of Sector 10, said that he was in search of a reputed medical college for admission of his friend Balwaan Singh's daughter when he came across one Dr K L Gupta.
Following the meeting with Arya, Gupta promised Singh's daughter a seat in a reputed medical college for an amount of Rs. 1.2 lakh.
"Dr Gupta demanded this amount as a part of the security deposit and assured refund," said Arya.
However, after receiving the amount, Gupta ceased all forms of communication with Singh and Arya.
The victims also found out that the residential address provided by Dr. Gupta had no existence.
Incidents of people being duped of a huge amount on the pretext of providing government jobs or seats in schools and colleges is not new in the Millennium City.
Recently, a man was apprehended by the Cyber Crime branch of Gurugram Police, after he allegedly stole Rs 22 lakh from a man hailing from
Tamil Nadu.The victim was reportedly offered the post of a general manger in Maruti Udyog by the accused.