Two land in police net for duping job aspirants

ibune News Service

Mohali, April 28

The police have nabbed a person impersonating as the chairman of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), along with his accomplice.

They allegedly used to forge documents, including recruitment letters and OMR sheets, and duped people on the pretext of giving jobs. The suspects have been identified as Gautam Kumar, alias Rajput, and his accomplice Chunni Lal. They were arrested from Modern Valley, Kharar, and an SUV was seized from their possession.

The police also seized several sewn uniforms, computer set, RPF dummy revolver and six counterfeit cartridges. A case under Sections 419, 420, 465, 467, 468, 471,170,171 of the IPC has been registered against the suspects at the City Kharar Police Station on April 26. The duo was remanded in police custody.

In the preliminary inquiry, it was revealed that Rajput used to work as a contractual employee and stenographer with the DRM in the Railway Department at Ambala Cantt. Later, he used the Internet in the prime computer setter, Pinjore, for fake notifications regarding the recruitment of the Railway Protection Force (RPF), syllabus, physical test, medical test and written test, roll number, OMR seat, final selection list, joining letter, ID cards, forged RPF/Indian Railways logo and forged stamps and handed them over to aspirants.

A UP resident, Hariom, was allegedly duped of Rs4.5 lakh on the pretext of a job as a Sub-Inspector. The suspects also provided fake contract and labour work at the railway stations to the unemployed youth and took Rs25,000 each from Agra residents Gurdev Kumar, Lachhman, Pradeep and Amritsar resident Manish.