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In a major operation, the CBI Kochi unit on Saturday arrested an Army official and his accomplice for running a job racket, which collected lakhs of rupees from youngsters after promising them job in the Indian Army.
The arrested are Premanand and his accomplice Rajesh KT, both hailing from Kozhikode.
The CBI team, led by Superintendent S Shiny, arrested the two from West Hill in Kozhikode while they were collecting money from one of the job aspirants.
The team also seized over 1 lakh from the two.
Army official held for running job racket | Job racket | | Indian Express
Army official held for running job racket | Job racket | | Indian Express
Shiny said the CBI had laid a trap to nab the two after the officials received complaints about the racket which had so far duped a lot of youngsters by collecting money ranging between 75,000 and 1.5 lakh.
We got information about the operation of the racket, which included Army personnel, from those job aspirants who had paid money for getting a job in the Army. They collected money from lot of people. We have just launched an investigation. The accomplice is an ex-Army official, Shiny said.
The officer said some other persons were also involved in the operation of the racket and a massive manhunt has been launched to nab them.
According to the preliminary investigation, we suspect the involvement of other persons in the racket. More persons will be arrested in the coming days, she said.
Shiny added that the two were operating from Kozhikode as there were frequent Army recruitment drives taking place there.
We are not in a position to divulge the details as it will affect the investigation, shiny said.
She added that the CBI had apprised the Army higher-ups about the development.
Army official held for running job racket | Job racket | | Indian Express
The arrested are Premanand and his accomplice Rajesh KT, both hailing from Kozhikode.
The CBI team, led by Superintendent S Shiny, arrested the two from West Hill in Kozhikode while they were collecting money from one of the job aspirants.
The team also seized over 1 lakh from the two.
Army official held for running job racket | Job racket | | Indian Express
Army official held for running job racket | Job racket | | Indian Express
Shiny said the CBI had laid a trap to nab the two after the officials received complaints about the racket which had so far duped a lot of youngsters by collecting money ranging between 75,000 and 1.5 lakh.
We got information about the operation of the racket, which included Army personnel, from those job aspirants who had paid money for getting a job in the Army. They collected money from lot of people. We have just launched an investigation. The accomplice is an ex-Army official, Shiny said.
The officer said some other persons were also involved in the operation of the racket and a massive manhunt has been launched to nab them.
According to the preliminary investigation, we suspect the involvement of other persons in the racket. More persons will be arrested in the coming days, she said.
Shiny added that the two were operating from Kozhikode as there were frequent Army recruitment drives taking place there.
We are not in a position to divulge the details as it will affect the investigation, shiny said.
She added that the CBI had apprised the Army higher-ups about the development.
Army official held for running job racket | Job racket | | Indian Express
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