The Nagpur Rural Police have uncovered Rakesh Khurana, the perpetrator of a significant job scam. Khurana, who is infamous for misleading a large number of job applicants looking for work in government agencies like the Railways and WCL (Western Coalfields Limited), has been linked to illegal activities like embezzlement and the creation of an unauthorised recruitment board.
According to a report, recent investigations have turned up startling information, including the wasteful spending of Rs. 19 lakh on opulent food and beverages at the CP Club, where Khurana carried out his illegal operations.
According to the report, it is said that he spent Rs.19 lakh on food and drink and it was in CP Club that he set up a parallel recruitment board of WCL. He also conducted the written examination of the candidates at this place. Not only this, but primary investigation reveals that his fraud figure is expected to be around Rs 35 crore.
According to the report, Khurana used to call the trapped candidates to the CP Club and take a fake written test of 25 questions in 60 minutes. He used to sit outside in a car and collect an advance amount of Rs 3 lakh. Only candidates who paid Rs 3 lakh were admitted. After that, the list of passed candidates was prepared according to the roster and the remaining money was collected.
The investigation has revealed that many candidates borrowed money and gave it to Khurana. It has come to light that due to Khurana, two candidates committed suicide on record. There are also reports that four people trapped in the scam have committed suicide, but the report claimed that three died.
Nagpur rural police raided a flat near Khurana’s Kadbi Chowk resident during the investigation and found three list of passed candidates. There were names of 105 candidates in the first list, 96 in the second list. The third list contains the names of 96 candidates. According to all three lists, the number of candidates is more than 300. Rs 3 lakh was taken in advance from each candidate. Therefore, if only the advance amount is calculated, the fraud figure goes up to Rs 35 crore. Whereas, in the second phase of the police investigation, this figure has been revealed to be Rs 10.78 crore, the report stated.