Hyderabad, June 18 -- The Telangana Crime Investigation Department (CID) has arrested a key accused in a large-scale job visa fraud case that defrauded nearly 100 victims across multiple states.
The arrested individual, Saroj Shiswant Thorat, alias Saroj Bharath Kumar, Director of Eagle Expert Immigration Consultancy in Secunderabad, was taken into custody on Tuesday and remanded to judicial custody, a police statement said on Wednesday.
The arrest follows a complaint by Ch Kamalakar, a resident of Karimnagar, who alleged that a Hyderabad-based firm, Abroad Study Plan Overseas Educational Consultancy, duped him and his friend of Rs 8 lakh on the false promise of securing job placements in Malta. Instead of providing legitimate employment,...