The Bihar Police today nabbed the kingpin of an inter-state gang in the state capital, which cheated money from youths by promising jobs in the Railways.
The police seized several ATM cards, bank passbooks, SIM cards, a large number of fake documents pertaining to jobs in the Railways and a stolen car from him.
Patna Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Jitendra Rana said the nabbed person has been identified as Rajeev Kumar, a resident of Jaganpura in Patna, who was also an accused in a case of kidnapping.
"Kumar used to pose as a railway vigilance officer and had a team of accomplices working with him. He used to take youths in confidence and cheat lakhs of rupees from each of them by promising jobs in the Railways. So far he has confessed cheating Rs 1 crore from various aspirants," Rana said.
The SSP said the gang was active in Bihar and West Bengal. Kumar, during interrogation, has also provided a list of 15 youths from whom he took around Rs 66 lakh.
"We had been looking out for him since his name figured in the kidnapping of a youth, Mohammad Ehtesam, in August this year. Though Rs 15 lakh ransom had been demanded, the youth managed to escape and filed an FIR naming Kumar. During our investigations, we stumbled on the fact that the wanted person was involved in a job racket too," Rana said.
The SSP also said today's action was taken after intelligence inputs on Kumar's arrival in Patna. The police was now probing the extent of his racket and the types of crimes committed, while looking for other gang members.
