NEW DELHI: The owner of a Delhi-based sports talent hunt company was arrested Monday for allegedly duping around 350 children after promising them cricket training abroad, a senior police officer said. The accused, Sandeep Singh, 35, is a native of Rohtak in Haryana. He had been running the company from Delhi’s Patel Nagar area and had conducted a selection camp in Noida, said another officer.
A complaint of fraud was registered against him by guardians of several candidates at the Sector 24 police station here Sunday, following which Singh was held.
“Around 350 children were assured by his company of cricket training in foreign countries with top cricketers. His company charged Rs 17,000 from each candidate and in return assured cricket training, accommodation and meals in good hotels,” Station House Officer, Sector 24, Pradeep Kumar Tripathi said.
“He even held a selection camp for the students at the Noida Cricket Stadium and collected the money from their parents, but did not fulfil his promises,” he added.
Singh has been booked under the IPC sections 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 420 (fraud), Tripathi said, adding that he was produced before a local court which remanded him in judicial custody.