<p>Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai-headquartered Western Railway (WR) busted a fake recruitment racket under which an accused had allegedly defrauded as many as 300 candidates to the tune of a whopping Rs 21 crore through false job promises.</p><p>The operation was carried out by the WR’s vigilance team.</p><p>The team had been chasing this fake racket for three months and the breakthrough came over the weekend. </p><p>WR’s chief spokesperson Sumit Thakur said a trap was set to nab the culprit with the help of an outsider and two proxy candidates, in which Rs 20,000 was transferred to the culprit through Google Pay. </p>.Double billing scam: Action already underway, says BBMP chief.<p>“It was planned to meet the culprit at Mumbai Central station for payment of further instalment. At around 14:00 hours on 2 February, 2024, he was finally nabbed at the porch of Mumbai Central Station,” he said. </p><p>The WR investigations have revealed that the accused had collected Rs 9-10 lakh per candidate. The accused was allegedly making fake documents with the help of a Kolkata-based person.</p><p>“A total of 180 blocked numbers were found in his smart phone, probably those were the people who had given huge amounts to get a job in Railways. The team detected about 120 chats of the persons demanding their money ranging from Rs 5-8 lakh which were given to him for getting government jobs,” he said.</p><p>All the fake documents, chats and videos of recruited staff have been recovered.</p><p>The WR vigilance team handed over the accused to the Government Reserve Police at Mumbai Central, which is carrying out further investigations. </p><p>An FIR has been registered against the accused under section 420, 465, 468, 470 and 471 of Indian Penal Code.</p>
<p>Mumbai: In a major breakthrough, the Mumbai-headquartered Western Railway (WR) busted a fake recruitment racket under which an accused had allegedly defrauded as many as 300 candidates to the tune of a whopping Rs 21 crore through false job promises.</p><p>The operation was carried out by the WR’s vigilance team.</p><p>The team had been chasing this fake racket for three months and the breakthrough came over the weekend. </p><p>WR’s chief spokesperson Sumit Thakur said a trap was set to nab the culprit with the help of an outsider and two proxy candidates, in which Rs 20,000 was transferred to the culprit through Google Pay. </p>.Double billing scam: Action already underway, says BBMP chief.<p>“It was planned to meet the culprit at Mumbai Central station for payment of further instalment. At around 14:00 hours on 2 February, 2024, he was finally nabbed at the porch of Mumbai Central Station,” he said. </p><p>The WR investigations have revealed that the accused had collected Rs 9-10 lakh per candidate. The accused was allegedly making fake documents with the help of a Kolkata-based person.</p><p>“A total of 180 blocked numbers were found in his smart phone, probably those were the people who had given huge amounts to get a job in Railways. The team detected about 120 chats of the persons demanding their money ranging from Rs 5-8 lakh which were given to him for getting government jobs,” he said.</p><p>All the fake documents, chats and videos of recruited staff have been recovered.</p><p>The WR vigilance team handed over the accused to the Government Reserve Police at Mumbai Central, which is carrying out further investigations. </p><p>An FIR has been registered against the accused under section 420, 465, 468, 470 and 471 of Indian Penal Code.</p>