Panchkula: 1 booked for duping man with 100% disability of ₹5 lakh in job scam

Police have booked a Yamunanagar resident for allegedly defrauding a man of ₹5 lakh by promising a fake job.

The victim, Sant Kumar, has 100% physical disability. In his complaint to the police, he said that Saleem Ahmad of Yamunanagar promised him of job and talked him into paying ₹5 lakh, which he paid after taking Ra loan. The transaction occurred between July 2021 and 2022, Kumar said, adding that he neither got the job nor the money.

The complaint was filed in January 2025, and after investigation, a case was registered against Saleem Ahmad under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust) and Section 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code at Raipur Rani police station.