AHMEDABAD: On Monday, a 26-year-old engineering student from Ahmedabad was arrested by the cyber cell of the city crime branch for creating a fake email ID and sending a mail impersonating Tata Sons chairman, Cyrus Mistry, in the hope that the fake ‘recommendation’ would fetch him a coveted job.

“I am sending a biodata. Please consider him for the purchase department. Regards. Cyrus Mistry,” said the mail that was sent from a fake email address. The mail had sent officials at Jaguar Land Rover in London in a tizzy in February this year. However, the email ID turned out to be fake as it was never used by the Tata Sons chairman. After the IP address of the mail was traced to Gujarat, the legal manager of Tata Motors Limited, Ajay Tripathi, submitted an application of complaint to the cyber cell of city crime branch. Police arrested Vishal Tank, a resident of Isanpur, on Monday after collecting evidence against him, including the IP addresses used to create the fake email ID and sending the mail to Jaguar executives.

KN Patel, assistant commissioner of police (cyber cell), said the case was cracked by a team led by police inspector Kiran Patel. “The giveaway clue was the attachment with the mail containing the biodata of Vishal Tank. He had earlier worked with Tata Hitachi at Jamshedpur in Jharkhand,” said KN Patel.

He further said that Tank had earlier applied online with his resume for the same post in the purchase department of Jaguar. When he was not selected for the job, Tank tried landing a job with various other companies of Tata Sons in Mumbai. When nothing worked, a desperate Tank created a fake email address in the name of Cyrus Mistry in the hope that the Tata Sons chairman’s ID would fetch him a job.

Cyber cell officials said currently Tank is working with a Pipavav-based company. A mechanical engineer, Tank had been employed since 2011. Police have seized the laptop and internet dongle used for creating the fake email address and sending the mail.