Mumbai, March 2 A man was arrested in Gujarat after evading authorities for 10 months in a case of job fraud, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.
Narendra Manguruji Maundekar had allegedly cheated retired railway officer Jayprakash Tamore (64) of Rs 17 lakh by promising a job in ONGC for the complainant's son, the Mahim police station official said.
"Maundekar and co-accused Sandeep Jadhav posed as senior officials of the organization. They claimed to have helped several people get jobs. After Tamore paid Rs 17 lakh in installments in 2016, his son was called for a medical examination and assured of a job offer soon," he said.
However, there was no progress on the job front in nine years. The refund cheque Maundekar gave to Tamore, in case the job did not materialize, bounced, after which a case was registered in May 2025 for cheating and criminal breach of trust, he said.
Maundekar, Jadhav, and Yashoda Maundekar were named in the FIR.
"Narendra Maundekar was apprehended in Gujarat. He has confessed to cheating Tamore. An investigation is underway to determine if they duped more people using this method," the official added.