18 June,2011 06:35 AM IST | | MidDAY Correspondent
The owner of a placement agency was on Friday arrested by the Delhi Police for allegedly cheating two girls on the pretext of giving them jobs and holding them hostages at his office. An FIR has been registered with Saraswati Vihar police station in North West Delhi.Meenu Chaudhary, DCP North West, said that the accused agency owner Shambhu was running a placement agency named Vishwas Group.
Shambhu (in pink T-shirt) has been accused of keeping two girls captive
Shambhu called two girls from Assam promising them good jobs with multinational companies or publishing houses. Instead, on reaching Delhi they were sent out to work as domestic helps. "They left the job and had an altercation with Shambhu, telling him to let them return home. But Shambhu locked them in a room of his office," said Chaudhary.
The girls managed to contact a friend and told him about the entire incident. Their friend contacted an NGO who approached the police. A raid was then conducted and both the girls were rescued. "The victims have been sent to Nirmal Chhaya centre," said Chaudhary.
