ITBP cautions candidates against fake job offers

The force has registered an FIR with the Delhi Police after the forces’ headquarters here noticed that “various unsuccessful candidates/aspirants of ITBP recruitment have been receiving so-called appointment letters vide which the candidates are advised to deposit some amount in bank account prior to joining”.

“The appointment letters received by various candidates were checked and they were found fake. As such ITBP does not demand money from candidates for recruitment in the force except requisite nominal recruitment fee. No advance or guarantee money is sought from any candidate prior to joining the force,” ITBP spokesperson Vivek K Pandey said in a statement here. 

He said final appointment letters to bonafide candidates are issued by the force in a “prescribed format” and these are made in a stipulated manner.The force, on its website—http://itbpolice.nic.in/ —has also displayed the specimen copies of the fake letters being circulated. It has put out public notices in leading dailies in this regard. 

The spokesperson said a number of other steps have been taken to thwart such attempts like directing all units in the country to be sensitised about fraud appointment letters, even as copies of fraud and original format letters have been circulated amongst them.