The Crime Branch on Monday arrested a 25-year-old conman, who posed as a Railway Job employer in order to dupe government job aspirants. The accused is a beneficiary of an alleged racket that dupes people on the pretext of offering a job in the Indian Railways. So far eight complaints have been registered against the racket, and the amount is estimated to be more than Rs 20 lakh, claims the police.

Agripada Police on April 5, 2019, registered a case against 3 persons for cheating on the pretext of a job in Indian Railways. The case was registered based on the complaint filed by a-26 year-old Architecture Engineer Santosh Ade, resident of Kalyan, who alleged that a conman named Rahul had duped him of Rs 1,25,000 on the pretext of a job in the Indian Railways. He also alleged that Rahul, who claimed himself to be an employee of Indian Railways, had promised to offer a post of a Junior Engineer in the Railways in exchange of Rs 25 lakh.