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The Enforcement Directorate carried out searches at 15 locations in six states while probing a money laundering case linked to fake government job joining letters.
ED officials conduct searches at multiple locations as part of a probe into a fake government job joining letters scam.
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday carried out searches at 15 locations across six states as part of a money laundering probe into a scam involving fake joining letters for government jobs, officials said.
The agency is investigating an organised gang suspected of running the racket. Searches are being conducted by the ED’s Patna office in Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, the officials said.
According to the ED, the scam initially surfaced in the name of the Railways. However, further investigation revealed that it extended to more than 40 government organisations and departments. These include the Forest Department, Railway Recruitment Board, India Post, Income Tax Department, some high courts, Public Works Department, Bihar government departments, Delhi Development Authority, Rajasthan secretariat and several others.
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The officials said the gang used fake email accounts that closely resembled official government domains to send fraudulent joining letters to job aspirants.
To win the confidence of victims, the accused allegedly paid salaries for two to three months to some candidates who were fraudulently shown as appointed in departments such as the Railway Protection Force, Railway Travelling Ticket Examiner and technician posts.
Search operations are being carried out at locations in Muzaffarpur and Motihari in Bihar, Kolkata in West Bengal, Ernakulam, Pandalam, Adoor and It’s up torir in Kerala, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Rajkot in Gujarat, and Gorakhpur, PRAISaGraj and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, the officials said.
(With inputs from PTI)
January 09, 2026, 09:27 IST
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