Man arrested for duping people by promising DJB jobs

A 44-year-old man has been arrested from west Delhi for allegedly duping people on the pretext of providing them jobs with the Delhi Jal Board (DJB). Police said the accused, identified as Shrikant Pandey alias Santosh, a resident of Allahabad, has duped several people of lakhs of rupees in the last couple of years by posing as a DJB officer. "He mainly targeted the lower-income groups and unemployed people from states like UP and Bihar, seeking government jobs," DCP (west) Vijay Kumar said. He is well-spoken and would trap people by promising them jobs with the DJB, Kumar said.