New Delhi, February 17
The Noida police have arrested a couple and two other men for allegedly running a fake coaching centre in the name of skill and personality development of children and duping parents of around Rs 31.5 lakhs.
The accused have been identified as Neeraj Kumar, his wife Shweta, Kanchan, and Mohammad Aarif who opened an Institute named Rising India IQ Academy.
The institute claimed to offer courses in vedic mathematics, artificial intelligence, photogenic memory and robotics. The police recovered 146 approval letters and payment slips worth Rs 8.19 lakh.
The Noida Police stated that these people used to cheat parents by offering three plans—silver, gold, and platinum—for personality and skill development of children up to 15 years of age. After taking expensive fees the accused absconded.
During the interrogation, the accused revealed to the police that they charged parents Rs 25,000 for the silver plan, Rs 35,000 for the gold plan, and between Rs 50,000 and Rs 60,000 for the platinum plan.
According to the Police, they used to hire teachers to give three-hour classes on Saturdays and Sundays for courses like ABACUS magic maths, spoken English, Vedic maths, photogenic memory, robotics, AI, etc. They also used to lure parents to take admission by showing fake reviews, and once parents admitted their children, they were not provided with any classes.
