With the Government initiating process to recruit 822 guards for the state jails, thousands of candidates made a beeline on Tuesday to collect the forms from Raipur central jail for joining the government jobs.
large numbers of aspirants arrived hours before the office was opened and spent night at bus stands and railway stations.
An unexpected crowd was seen at the central jail premises as soon as the officials started distribution of forms. The police had to resort to mild lathi charge to control the situation.
It was after a long time the process of recruiting guards for different jails has started after the government gave its nod to the proposal three months ago.
An applicant from general and other backward class needs to submit a bank draft amounting to two hundred rupees to obtain the form, while a candidate of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe had to submit a bank draft of 150 rupees.
“I have been waiting here for the last three days but yet to get the form because of the rush, said Sukhdev Sahu, an aspirant. He has not been able to enter the central jail premises because of huge rush although he already obtained a bank draft.
An aspirant alleged that some people were collecting money to the tune of one hundred to two hundred from each of the job seekers and promising them to submit their forms. A job seeker said he has also captured such a scene on his mobile camera.