Overview

• Delhi Police Crime Branch registered the case after 45-year-old mason Pramod Chauhan filed a complaint on behalf of himself and neighbor Gautam Sahni.
• Chauhan says agents took Rs 4.55 lakh — Rs 4.05 lakh via UPI plus Rs 50,000 cash — after showing June 30 appointment letters for a firm called Haka Moscow.
• The pair were flown on July 1 to Kazakhstan, then taken to Omsk, Russia, where they were left without money, food, or shelter for days.
• They were issued tourist visas rather than promised labor permits, according to police, and returned to India on July 17 using family-funded tickets.
• The complaint names Nizamuddin Akram Khan of Badarpur and associate Premchand; police say the investigation is underway with no arrests reported.