Delhi EOW held one in a job racket fraud of Indian Railways

New Delhi, September 20

Delhi EOW held one in a job racket fraud of Indian Railways who duped hundreds of over Rs. two crores.  

The accused was identified as
Mohammad Raghib Firoz alias Firoz Khan from Surajpur in Greater Noida.

The EOW received a complaint the accused presented himself as a senior IAS officer whereas others organized bogus job training for the victims by issuing fake appointment letters. The alleged persons took Rs 2.44 crore from 40 victims, the job aspirants.

The also issued fake ‘Appointment Cum Training Letters’ were issued to the victims, fake medical examinations were got conducted and three months’ Job Training was organized at Dehradun to earn their trust.

When the victims reached DRM office, Tata Nagar, Jamshedpur - the 'Reporting Office', they finally got to know that Railway Board has never released any such vacancies. The EOW had booked a case under sections 419, 420, 406, 467, 468, 471, 120B of the IPC.

According to the EOW, the victims had no idea about the whereabouts of the alleged persons except their phone numbers. They used to meet them in Paharganj Hotels and near Railway Bhawan, Delhi. In this case, most of the victims belong to very poor families from the villages around Agra, Hathras and Patna. They were examined in the case in their villages only.

The EOW eventually arrested Brij Kishore and Sachin Kumar were arrested. The present accused was absconding and a continuous manual and technical surveillance were being maintained for searching him. The EOW confirmed his presence in Greater Noida and consequently he was traced.

Add CP (EOW) RK Singh stated
the accused indulged in inducement through impersonation as senior Govt. Officers projecting good acquaintance and liaison with Railway Board, winning faith through fake appointment Letters, bogus medical examinations and job training for ease of doing fraud and collecting huge amounts from the aspirant job seekers.

Talking about the accused, the EOW stated that he is a post graduate in Psychology and a diploma holder in Journalism & Mass Communication. In the present case, he coordinated all the activities including collection of money from the victims, filling of various forms regarding appointment/training etc. apart from managing all other miscellaneous affairs in commission of economic offence.

WORDS OF CAUTION FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC:
The general public is hereby cautioned not to get trapped in such types of Job Rackets. There are numerous cheats roaming all around in the guise of influential personalities inducing the general public through their conspiring channels and offering various Jobs, Placements, Transfers, Postings etc. There is no shortcut to any success and only the hard work pays ultimately. In the present case, had any of the victims simply tried to know the credentials of the claimants and impersonators, the truth would have easily been known. In case of any complaint or suspicion of any such fraud, communication may be made online on the following platforms:

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