The Whitefield division cybercrime police are on the lookout for a person who posed as representative of Swiggy and sought students’ data from 17 universities to cheat them on the pretext of offering jobs.

Based on the complaint by N. Harshith, manager at Swiggy, the police have registered an FIR against the accused identified as Vikram Kumar Singh.

According to the complaint, the accused, posing as a representative of Swiggy, wrote to 17 private universities including several such private universities in the city, offering jobs for the students. The mail also asked the university authorities to share the details of students whoever were interested to work in the company and also to form a whatsapp group with these students. The cheating came to light when the city-based Christ University called the company to cross check the claim and found that there was no such scheme.

The police suspect that the accused tried to cheat the colleges misusing the name of Swiggy to dupe students and take money on the pretext of offering jobs. The complainant also shared the contact number of Vikram Kumar Singh which he had shared with the management of the universities to create a whatsapp group and make him its administrator.