In a major job scam, five individuals were arrested on Friday for allegedly swindling over Rs2 crore from Sundarambal, a 51-year-old deputy tahsildar from Gandhi Nagar, Perundurai, under the pretext of securing a government job for her son.
Sundarambal, who was assigned by the government to monitor accounts at a sugar mill in Appakudal, was approached in 2022 by a man named Karthikeyan from Chennai, who falsely claimed to be a deputy superintendent of police. He initially contacted her to make changes in a legal heir certificate and obtained her phone number during the interaction.
Using this connection, the accused and his associates convinced Sundarambal that they could secure a prestigious government position for her son — demanding large sums of money in multiple transactions. Over time, they extracted more than Rs2 crore from her.
Upon realizing she had been cheated, Sundarambal filed a police complaint, leading to an investigation that resulted in the arrest of all five accused. Further inquiries are ongoing to determine if they defrauded others using similar tactics.
