Rajasthan criminal arrested after eight years for scamming people with promises of government jobs

Jaipur, March 20 (IANS) Wanted criminal Arvind Kumar Soni, who cheated many people in Rajasthan on the pretext of getting them government jobs and was absconding for 8 years, has been arrested, police said on Tuesday.

Soni was arrested from the Barauni police station area of Tonk district on Monday night, said Additional Director General of Police, Crime, Dinesh M.N. The accused was wanted for fraud in Bundi, Bhilwara, Tonk, and other districts.

The Bundi police had announced a reward of Rs 5,000 for information leading to his arrest. The teams, formed under the direction of DIG, Crime Yogesh Yadav and the supervision of Additional Superintendent of Police Vidya Prakash, received a tip regarding Soni’s whereabouts.

After confirming the information, the Crime Branch team chased and detained the accused from Tonk. A team from Bundi’s Kotwali police station came on Tuesday to take him with them.

Sharing the history of the accused, the ADG said: “Cases of fraud were registered against the accused in multiple districts, including Kotwali police station in Bundi district for defrauding a young man of Rs 40,000 and Ratangarh Churu police station for embezzling Rs 2.26 lakh.”

The accused is also wanted in Paroli police station of Shahpura district and Kotwali police station of Tonk in similar cases. Soni’s arrest comes after years of eluding authorities for his fraudulent activities.