New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) A youth allegedly cheated by a Delhi-based institute on the promise of being provided a job in the Merchant Navy died in Iran following prolonged illness while working there as a labourer, police said Tuesday. Deceased Pradeep Sharma, 20, of Burari in **rth Delhi, died three days ago in Iran where he was sent by a private coaching institute on the pretext of a job in Merchant Navy. \"The only son, Pradeep was sent to Iran in place of Dubai as promised by IPSR Institute that had taken Rs.5 lakh for the Merchant Navy job in Dubai,\" J.P. Singh, a family member, told IANS. He said the institute cheated Pradeep and gave him the work of a labourer on a ship in Iran.