A 42-year-old policeman was among four persons arrested on Thursday in Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh with a bogus joining letter for a police job at the office of the Superintendent of Police (SP).
Bilaspur Senior Superintendent of Police Parul Mathur identified the Constable as Pankaj Shukla. His accomplices were ward corporator Renuka Prasad Nagpure (49) and Bilaspur Municipal Corporation employee Bhojraj Naidu (58).
The police also nabbed Piyush Prajapati (28) of Kota town in the district. They were arrested following a cheating case lodged by the Civil Lines Police on Wednesday.
Prajapati was detained after he came to the SP's office with a fake joining letter on Wednesday.
During investigation, he said Shukla, Nagpure and Naidu promised him a job in the SP's office and took money from him.
The police seized Rs 8 lakhs in cash, mobile phones and fake joining letters from them.
Shukla was also posted at the office of Bilaspur (Range) Inspector General of Police.