Bhopal woman, daughters booked for duping couple of Rs 15L in name of govt job

Kanpur: A couple accused a Bhopal based woman and her two daughters of a fraud of Rs 15 lakh after giving false assurance of govt employment for their daughters. A case has been lodged against the three on the couple's complaint.

Liaqat Hussain, resident of Mirpur Cantt, Railbazar area of the city, stated that his daughters, Sana Fatima and Hina Fatima, worked as contract employees at Maroni CHC in Lalitpur. The daily commute between Kanpur and Lalitpur was becoming challenging for them. In 2021, he and his wife met Shahjahan Khan from Govindnagar, Bhopal who claimed to have influential contacts in Bhopal and Delhi. She offered the couple to arrange govt positions for his daughters in either a hospital or railways.

Shahjahan collected educational certificates of both his daughters and in July 2021, she asked for Rs 15 lakh in three separate payments for the job arrangements. In March 2022, Shahjahan informed Hussain and his wife that their daughters have secured positions in Bhopal and would receive appointment letters for their jobs shortly.

However, when they did not get any appointment letter within the specified period, they requested a refund from Shahjahan but she avoided them. Upon visiting her Bhopal residence, Shahjahan and her daughter Ruby behaved inappropriately and dismissed them. Shahjahan's other daughter, Shireeza, identifying herself as a lawyer, issued threats of false imprisonment charges.

After this the couple approached the police and filed a complaint against Shahjahan and her daughters. Station officer Bahadur Singh confirmed that a case was registered for fraud, intimidation, and additional offences, and investigations are underway in the case.