HYDERABAD: The Cyberabad police busted an international job fraud racket on Tuesday and arrested two persons who had duped 241 aspirants to the tune of Rs 2.5 crore.The accused, N Sashidhar Reddy , 25, and B Jagannadham, 28, of Yellareddyguda started a job consultancy firm called Sunrise Tours and Consultancy at Czech Colony near Gokul Theatre in Erragadda.They placed advertisements in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and English dailies offering jobs for fish packers, labourer, supervisors, cashiers and helpers in firms based in countries like Canada, Georgia and Malaysia. The duo also set up a well-furnished office with a well-qualified receptionist and soon job aspirants started queuing up.“The accused demanded Rs 3 lakh to arrange jobs in a country like Canada and most of the victims had paid up a significant portion of the amount before they realised they had been duped,” Cyberabad joint commissioner Shahnawaz Qasim said.On August 22, one of the victims, M Bhanu Prakash of Kukatpally lodged a complaint with Sanathnagar police alleging that after he and his two friends, Harish and SK Riyaz, gave the accused Rs 1.5 lakh each for jobs in Canada, they shut their office and vanished.A case was registered and during the initial probe the police realised that the accused had duped 241 job seekers to the tune of Rs 2.5 crore.Cops registered five separate cases against the accused under Sections 409 and 420 of the IPC as well as Section 24 of the Immigration Act, 1983.After recording the statements of the victims, police raided fraudulent firm’s office and seized incriminating evidence. The police tracked down the accused with the help of their cell phones and arrested them from their house in Yellareddyguda. Cops also recovered 1.65 crore cash from the accused as they had already splurged Rs 84.79 lakh of the victims’ money.During interrogation, the duo confessed to committing the crime by promising overseas employment for victims within 90 days of receiving the amount.The fraudsters even sent a batch of unsuspecting victims to Pahargunj in Delhi on August 23 for medical check-ups and visa processing. It was only after they landed up in Delhi and no medical check-up or visa processing took place did the victims realise they had been taken for a ride. But by then, the duo had already gone into hiding.The accused along with the seized property were produced before the court for judicial remand.