Man held for duping yoga coach and others with authorities job provides

The Cyber Crime Wing (West Zone) of the Chennai City Police on Thursday arrested a person for dishonest a number of folks, together with a yoga teacher, of a number of lakhs of rupees by promising them authorities jobs.

Police stated B. Rathinakumari, 48, of C.T.H. Road in Villivakkam, filed a criticism on October 17. She stated she had a Ph.D. in yoga and was conducting yoga courses.

In December 2024, she got here throughout an commercial posted on Facebook by one “Dr. Surenther,” claiming to supply a one-year certificates course in diet. When she contacted the quantity listed, the particular person launched himself as a nutritionist working at a authorities hospital in Virudhunagar district, and requested her to pay ₹10,000 as a course price.

After finishing the course, when she requested for a certificates, he instructed her he couldn’t challenge it formally. He then stated there have been vacancies for yoga teacher posts, with a excessive wage on a three-year contract, at Nehru Stadium. Claiming he was authorised to fill the vacancies, he demanded cash. She transferred ₹3.51 lakh as a processing price, however no job materialised.

Based on her criticism, a case was registered.

Following an investigation, the accused — J. Surenther, 30, of Shanmugapuram in Thoothukudi district — was arrested close to his residence.

During interrogation, Surenther revealed that he was pursuing a Ph.D. in Nutrition and Dietetics on-line from a university in Hyderabad. Unable to discover a job in Thoothukudi, he labored as a diet counsellor at personal hospitals and gymnasiums in Chennai. In 2018, he started dishonest folks by claiming that he labored on the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital, and will safe authorities jobs for a price. He admitted to dishonest just a few others.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, he volunteered as a diet counsellor on the Virudhunagar Government Hospital, deceptive his household into believing that he had secured a authorities job. Later, he began working below the pretend identification, Dr. J. Surenther, launching a Beautician and Diet Counselling Centre and Academy. He additionally created a YouTube channel named “Dr. Surenther JV”, the place he posted nutrition-related movies and supplied on-line diploma programs in Nutrition and Dietetics.