Four arrested for running fake Ayushman Bharat Yojana website, duping Thousands

On Monday, Delhi Police said that 4 people have been arrested for allegedly running a fake Ayushman Bharat Yojana scheme website and duping thousands of people in the name of providing jobs in Delhi.

According to the Delhi Police, the accused identified as -- Umesh (37), Rajat (33), Gaurav (26), & Seema Rani Sharma (33) -- took around Rs 300-500 in the name of job registration under the fake scheme from more than 4,200 people.
One laptop, four mobile phones & ATM cards have been recovered from the possession of the accused. The 4 accused are currently under Police custody.

The Cops said that a case was registered in the matter & an investigation was taken up after a complaint was received from National Health Authority, Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana at the Cyber Crime Unit of Delhi Police on May 26.

The complaint alleging therein that NHA received a grievance from the public regarding an alleged unscrupulous organisation which, by the means of a website (ayushman-yojana.org) is portraying a false association with PMJAY scheme by adopting terminologies commonly recognised/associated with PM-JAY/NHA, the Police said.

According to the Police the website advertised 5,116 vacancies across 6 states including Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi & Bihar.

In a statement, Police said that "On interrogation, the accused persons revealed that they hatched a conspiracy to dupe people in the name of Ayushman Scheme. In this regard, they first formed a trust in the name of Ayushman Yojana Trust & designed a website impersonating as a genuine government website".

The police said that the accused received payments from people as registration charges for over 5,000 jobs such as ward boy, nurse, lab assistant, pharmacist, & Ayush Mitra under the Ayushman Health scheme.

Police told that efforts are being made to arrest the remaining accused. 

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