New Delhi, Nov. 8 -- Nine members, including the kingpin, were arrested by Delhi Police on Saturday for allegedly running a fake job racket, duping job seekers by pretending to be recruiters for well-known airlines, an official said.

The mastermind was identified as Vikash Kumar (38). He was arrested along with his associates Baljeet Singh (31) and seven women, Charanjit (29), Shalini Bharadwaj (33), Aarti Kaur (19), Palveen Kaur (19), Nandini (24), Pooja Gupta (21) and Shweta (21).

Police said the gang was operating from a fake call centre in Tilak Nagar and reached out to job seekers via online advertisements.

"During the investigation, it was found that the victims were duped into paying for fake IndiGo Airlines jobs, with scammers de...