CBI arrests 3 in RVNL fake website case

The CBI has arrested three persons from West Bengal and Odisha for allegedly creating a fake website of the Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) and posting fraudulent job opportunities to lure youths, officials said today.

Narayan Patra and Govind Sinha were arrested from Kolkata in West Bengal while Kishore Chandra Pradhan was from Cuttack in Odisha, they said.

The arrests were made after the agency recovered crucial documents during searches at six places, the officials said.

The case was registered by the agency in March on a complaint by RVNL, a government of India undertaking, which stated that some unscrupulous elements opened a website which was a replica of its original web site www.rvnl.org.

The complainant said the original website is used to disseminate information regarding the working of the company, its achievements and organisation, and other related information.

"Whenever recruitment is done, advertisements are uploaded on the official website for information of public. However, no recruitment is being done as on date," the company said in its complaint on February 8.

General Manager RVNL P P Pandey said in his complaint to the CBI that it was brought to the companys notice that a web site www.rvnl.in was opened by some persons, which is the exact copy of the authentic site, and on which fraud recruitment notices were being uploaded.

The fake web site had also published information regarding interview dates with an intention to dupe people who may be applying for jobs using this website, he alleged.

A visit to the fake web site shows a disclaimer in the form of a scroll on top, saying the site of RVNL --www.rvnl.org -- and it does not take any responsibility of any material posted on the fake site.