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Tribune News Network
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The owner of a Mumbai-based illegal recruitment firm has been booked for allegedly cheating a Qatari citizen, according to a report published in Indian newspaper Hindustan Times.
The accused reportedly took money from the Qatari on the promise of providing a female cook for him, but never sent any cook to Qatar, police said.
The Qatar national, Khalid Abdulla M S L Jaber, had approached authorities at the Indian embassy in Qatar. Acting upon a complaint from the Indian embassy, the Mumbai police booked the Dongri-based agency owner, who did not have mandatory licence from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for running an overseas recruitment agency.
According to the police, the Qatari citizen had contacted the Dongri-based agency Salman Sayyaed Muhad Import Export and Consultant while looking for an Indian female cook.
The agency informed Jaber that they had selected one Salma Beghum for the job on a monthly salary of QR1,000. Muhad Import Export and Consultant also signed an agreement with Salma Beghum and sent a copy to Jaber. After this, Jaber sent Beghum's visa, her airline ticket and QR3,000 as consultancy fee to the agency.
However, neither Beghum nor any other person was sent by the agency. Jaber then realised that he had been cheated.
He informed the Indian embassy authorities in Qatar and the matter was later taken to the MEA. A detailed complaint was sent to Maharashtra DGP and Mumbai's police commissioner. Mumbai police then began an inquiry and probed if the Dongri agency had taken a mandatory licence from the MEA for running an overseas recruitment agency.
