New Delhi: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police arrested a person believed to be the kingpin of a fake interstate Army and Railway recruitment racket, from Dhaula Kuan on Friday. The accused had duped more than 40 villagers so that he could live a lavish life. The accused was identified as Pankaj Kumar Singh (27) who lives in Saran (Chapra), Bihar. The police claimed that an information was received about an interstate racket involved in conducting fake recruitments in Indian Army and Indian Railway in Bihar, UP, Haryana and Rajasthan. "The information was developed and it was found that this gang was engaged in cheating innocent unemployed youth of several states on the pretext of their recruitment in Army and Railways," said DCP (Crime) G Ramgopal Naik.
The DCP claimed that the gang had cheated crores of rupees from hundreds of victims by conducting their fake medical tests and subsequently fake appointment letters were issued to the victims. Upon interrogation, the accused revealed that the accused provided fake admit cards to the victims and conducted their fake medical tests at several different recruitment centres of Indian Army as well as the Railways. They also issued fake appointment letters to the victims. "The accused had cheated the candidates from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 6 lakh for arranging jobs for them. As the victims could not join the services, they realized of the cheating," said the DCP.