Gang involved in forgery in Railway recruitment busted

The Bihar police on Thursday busted a gang involved in cheating money in the name of recruitment in Railway with arrest of three persons.

The Economic Offence Wing of the state police has recovered papers of properties worth Rs 2.26 crore from kingpin of the racket identified as Satyendra Kumar of Yamunanagar village under Bihta police station in rural Patna, Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Ravindra Kumar told reporters.

The police found that Satyendra Kumar, who is Instructor in ITI in Bhojpur district, with the help of two aides used to send students of ITI to different railway recruitment exams in place of original candidates by changing the photograph on the admit card, the ADG said.

Gang involved in forgery in Railway recruitment busted

For this job the gang used to charge anything between Rs 15-20 lakh from every candidate, he said.

Acting on a tip off, the police raided a house and caught Satyendra and another accomplice. During raids at the house of the kingpin, bank deposits and papers of properties totalling around Rs 2.26 crore were seized, the ADG said.