Fake job racket busted, 2 held
Kolkata: In a major breakthrough, Bidhannagar Police arrested have two persons on charges of cheating job aspirants by creating fake government websites.
Police said 34-year-old Md Rejaul Mirja and SK Ramiz (27) were arrested in this connection. Both of them are graduates and Mirja is the Website Designer, who played a key role in creating the websites.
Mirja is a resident of GEM Apartment at Panchanantala near Thakurpukur in South Kolkata and was arrested from Thakurpukur itself.
The other arrested person, Ramiz, is a resident of Sreecol near Shyampur in Howrah. He was arrested from Badamtala at Bally in Howrah.
It may be recalled that complaints were lodged with Cyber Crime Police Station of Bidhannagar Police alleging that fake websites of government organisations have been created to cheat job aspirants.
It was on October 26 in 2017, Secretary of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission had lodged a complaint after noticing the fake websites.
Quite similar complaint was lodged by the Secretary of the Group D Recruitment Board that houses its office at the Utility Building at Action Area-11C in New Town stating that the original website of the board is www.wbgdrb.in but fake websites including www.wbgdrb.in.net, www.westebengalgdrb.in and www.westbgnalgdrb.com are also existing.
Police took immediate steps and initiated a probe in this connection and came to know after preliminary investigation that the fake websites were created with an intention to cheat youths after assuring them help to get
government jobs.
The investigating officers initiated a case under various sections of the Indian Penal Code for cheating the youths by creating fake websites.
The duo was found involved in both the cases.
Police suspect that the duo have collected around Rs 1 crore from the job aspirants.
Police have seized Rs 32,300 from them. A senior police said they have accounts in several banks and there could be Rs around 10 lakh in their bank account,
which could be frozen.
