India, Sept. 30 -- A 35-year-old man from Solapur who pretended to be an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer from New Delhi has defrauded 36 job aspirants with fake promises of jobs as Income Tax inspectors and assistants. On Saturday, the Sahar police registered a case against the accused, Nilesh Rathod.

Rathod hails from Barshi taluka of Solapur District. According to the police, he posed as a deputy secretary with the Staff Selection Commission (SSC), which recruits staff in various departments and ministries of the Central Government. "The FIR was registered based on a complaint lodged by Santosh Kharpude, a Navi-Mumbai resident," said a police officer.

The complainant was looking for a job for his niece. When he went to his...