Pune, June 3 -- The CEO of a private IT firm operating from Pune's Hinjewadi IT hub was arrested on Wednesday in connection with an alleged job scam that left hundreds of interns and employees without salaries and jobs.

Hinjewadi Police, under the jurisdiction of Pimpri-Chinchwad Police Commissionerate, arrested Harshal Thakare on charges of cheating and criminal breach of trust following complaints from employees and interns.

"We have arrested the owner, Harshal Thakare, for cheating the employees in the name of providing jobs and collecting money from them," senior Police Inspector Balaji Pandhare told ANI. He added that Thakare was produced before a local court and remanded to police custody till June 8.

Pandhare further said, "Whil...