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Pune Job Scam: Six Friends Cheated of Lakhs for PMC Sanitation Worker Post
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News18•17-10-2026, 12:23
Pune Job Scam: Six Friends Cheated of Lakhs for PMC Sanitation Worker Post
- •A major fraud of Rs 13.72 lakhs has surfaced in Pune where six friends were duped on the pretext of securing a permanent sanitation worker job in the Pune Municipal Corporation.
- •The accused, Santosh Walhekar, lured the complainant Sachin Bhalerao and his friends, extracting money from them in phases over several months.
- •When the accused continuously avoided giving any updates regarding the promised recruitment, the victims realized they had been cheated.
- •A formal cheating case has been registered against the accused at the Koregaon Park police station and further police investigation is underway.
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Six friends in Pune were defrauded of a total of Rs 13 lakh 72 thousand after an individual named Santosh Walhekar lured them with promises of securing permanent sanitation worker jobs in the Pune Municipal Corporation and then avoided them.
Sachin Baban Bhalerao, a 43-year-old resident of Thergaon, filed a formal complaint at the Koregaon Park police station after realizing that he and his friends had been cheated out of lakhs of rupees.
The Koregaon Park police have registered a case of cheating against the accused, Santosh Walhekar, and are conducting further investigations to determine how many other individuals fell victim to this fraudulent job scheme.
