CBI busted fake Railway Recruitment Board

CBI busted fake Railway Recruitment Board

A CBI team has arrested a Bihar-native from Selaqui here in connection with the fake railway recruitment website through which several people were allegedly duped of lakhs of rupees.

About 18 months ago, a gang of 12 had set up a fake website similar to that of the Railway Recruitment Board and cheated several unemployed youths with the false promise that they would be hired as ticket collectors with Northern Railway.

Three of the 12 accused had been arrested earlier. The probe by the economics offenses wing (EOW) of the CBI led them to Dehradun, where they arrested a key accused Sachchidanand Jha, a native of Darbhanga in Bihar. Jha had been living in Selaqui for the past few months and had even worked as a property dealer in the area. During his stay in Dehradun, too, he allegedly duped several local residents with bad property deals.

Deputy superintendent of police (CBI) Akhil Kaushik said, “On Wednesday, Jha was produced before a court by the CBI team in order to get a transit remand for Delhi. Upon getting the court’s permission, Jha was taken to Delhi for investigation. He had been living in Dehradun using different names — Akhilesh Jha, Akhilesh Sharma and Naresh Rathi. He is likely to be produced before a Delhi court on Thursday.”

The CBI officer said that the gang had created a fake website with a sharp resemblance to that of the Railway Recruitment Board’s to lure “targets”. The conmen would then charge unsuspecting victims between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 5 lakh to “arrange” jobs.

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