The vigilance team of the Western Railway (WR) has busted a fake recruitment racket under which an accused had allegedly defrauded as many as 300 candidates to the tune of a staggering `21 crore through false job promises.
Acting on a tip-off, the WR’s vigilance team uncovered “a fake racket that had defrauded more than 300 candidates of about `21 crore.
“The team had been chasing this fake racket for 3 months”.
WR chief spokesperson Sumit Thakur said that a trap was set to nab the culprit with the help of an outsider and two proxy candidates, in which `20,000 was transferred to the culprit through Google Pay.
The trap was aimed at meeting the culprit at Mumbai Central Station for payment of further instalment.
“At around 14.00 hrs on Friday, the culprit was finally nabbed at the porch of Mumbai Central Station,” Thakur said.
The WR investigations have revealed that the accused had collected `9-10 lakh per candidate.
The accused was allegedly making fake documents with the help of a person based in Kolkata.