Gang running fake website to dupe people busted in Delhi

Four people have been arrested for allegedly duping over 4,000 people by promising m jobs under Centre's flagship Ayushman Bharat scheme, officials said on Monday.

accused had created a fake website that resembled a government site and placed advertisement for thousands of jobs. y charged aspirants Rs 5,000 as registration fees, police said.

National Health Authority, ncy that administers health assurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana, registered a complaint with police alleging that it received grievances from public regarding an "unscrupulous ncy" which was portraying a false association with scheme.

accused have been identified as Umesh (37), Rajat Singh (33), Gaurav (26) and Seema Rani Sharma (33).

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Cyber Cell) Anyesh Roy said arrests were made on basis of technical analysis and a laptop, four mobile phones along with ATM cards were recovered from possession of accused.

details of website https://ayushman-yojana.org were obtained and payment gateway and bank account linked with it analysed during investigation.

"During interrogation, accused revealed that y hatched a conspiracy to dupe people in name of Ayushman Scheme of Govt. of India. For this, y first formed Ayushman Yojana Trust and accused Rajat Singh, being a web designer, designed a website like a genuine government website," DCP said.

police said furr investigation is underway and efforts are being made to nab remaining accused.