Former employee among 3 held for running fake income tax job racket in Delhi

Delhi Police has arrested three people, including a former employee of the Income Tax Department, for allegedly running a fake recruitment racket to dupe government job seekers, Delhi Police said on Thursday.

The police in a statement said the accused allegedly cheated at least six to seven people of around Rs 10 lakh by posing as officials and conducting fake recruitment procedures inside the Income Tax Department premises at the Civic Centre to make the process appear genuine.

The arrests were made by the Central District police following an investigation into a complaint lodged by a resident of Ajmeri Gate, who alleged that he was cheated of over Rs 2 lakh on the false promise of a multi-tasking staff (MTS) job in the Income Tax Department.

“An FIR was registered at the Hauz Qazi police station on May 18 after the complainant alleged that the accused had induced him to part with his provident fund savings,” a senior police officer said.

The complainant told the police that in December 2025, one of the accused introduced himself as an employee of the Income Tax Department and assured him of arranging a government job. Another accused allegedly collected Rs 5,000 in cash, while the remaining amount of Rs 1.98 lakh was transferred digitally into a bank account provided by the gang between December 22 and December 31, 2025.

“To convince the victim, the accused allegedly prepared fake verification forms and continued assuring him that the recruitment process was underway until March this year before becoming untraceable,” the police officer said.

Following sustained technical surveillance and analysis of bank transactions and phone records, the police arrested Rohit Chauhan alias Deepak Tiwari (37) from Rohini on July 3.

Subsequent investigation led to the arrest of Chirag Aggarwal alias Naveen Prakash (41), a former MTS employee of the department and Tarun Goswami alias Giriraj (37). Another suspect Pawan Dutt Sharma, also a former MTS employee, has been bound down during the investigation, the police said.

During interrogation, the accused allegedly disclosed that they targeted unemployed youths through social media advertisements claiming vacancies in the Income Tax Department.

The police said the gang collected between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 2 lakh from each victim and obtained their educational documents before conducting fake interviews and orientation sessions inside the offices and parking area of the department at the Civic Centre.

“Victims were also shown fake service books and verification forms and were told that their identity cards were under process, while no appointment letters or official receipts were ever issued,” the officer added.

The police said Chirag Aggarwal, who had worked as an MTS employee for around 15 years, escorted victims inside the department’s premises and briefed them about the job profile to lend credibility to the fraudulent recruitment process.

The police have seized four mobile phones allegedly used in the crime, identity documents of the victims and fake verification forms.

The investigation is continuing to trace the alleged mastermind, identify more victims and ascertain the involvement of other accused.