The searches are part of an ongoing probe into financial irregularities linked to fraudulent job offers in the Railways.
ED raids in 40 locations across 6 states
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday raided more than 40 locations across six states in connection with an alleged railway recruitment scam.
According to the reports, the searches are part of an ongoing probe into financial irregularities linked to fraudulent job offers in the Railways.
However, the investigation revealed that it covers over 40 other Government organisations and departments, including Forest, RRB, India Post, Income Tax, High Court, PWD, Bihar Government, DDA, Rajasthan Secretariat and others.
Searches are ongoing at 15 locations in 13 cities of six states. This includes Muzaffarpur and Motihari in Bihar, Kolkata in West Bengal, Ernakulam, Pandalam, Adoor, and Kodur in Kerala, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, Rajkot in Gujarat and Gorakhpur, Allahabad and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
ED noted that the gang used fake email accounts, impersonating official government domains, to send fraudulent joining letters.
The probe agency added that, to gain trust, the gang made initial salary payments for 2-3 months to some victims, who were placed in roles like RPF, TTE, and Technician in Indian Railways.
