Craze for govt jobs behind scams: Police

◗ At least six job rackets have been busted in the national capital in the last 2 months

New Delhi, Sept. 24: With at least six job rackets busted in the national capital in the last two months by the Delhi police’s crime branch, a senior cop has said it reflects the current “job scenario” in the country and people’s propensity to government jobs.

People who are behind these scams are unemployed as well and the ones who get duped also have no employment, the officer with crime branch said. “And they want government job which has job security and pension.” A senior police officer with the Crime Branch said their unit has solved at least six cases of job rackets in the last two months itself.

“The main reason behind such job scams is the rate of unemployment. It can be called a reflection of the current job scenario. There is a large workforce looking for jobs and when an opportunity arises, they just go for it without thinking,” the police officer said. Recently, a job racket was busted by the Crime Branch wherein several youngsters were duped on the pretext of getting them jobs as assistant managers in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation ( ONGC).

A senior police officer posted with the district police said through these rackets, candidates are lured on the pretext of getting them jobs in Railways and Army since they hire in bulk and also issue advertisements in newspapers.

“Some of the rackets that we have busted have involved the accused duping the victims on the promise of getting them employed in the Indian Railways. People get convinced because they see jobs in railways being advertised through online platforms and newspapers”, the officer said.

In May this year, the police had busted a fake territorial army recruitment racket with the arrest of three accused who had duped three men.