Bhiwani police have busted a fake recruitment gang by arresting five individuals who allegedly duped unemployed youths by promising them government jobs. Their modus operandi — fake websites, fabricated recruitment exams and bogus appointment letters
Bhiwani: Police busted a gang involved in making fake recruitments with the arrest of five individuals who allegedly duped unemployed youths in search of jobs by promising them government jobs. Their modus operandi was fake websites, fabricated recruitment exams and issuing bogus appointment letters. The gang had got the idea to cheat unemployed youths resembling the Bollywood movie ‘Special 26’. The police launched an investigation after receiving a complaint from Neeraj, a resident of Jatu Lohari in the district who alleged that the accused took Rs 7 lakh from him offering a job in the fictitious ‘Shagun Haryana Health and Family Welfare Council’ scheme and the appointment letter and ID card issued to him was found fake.
Following his complaint, an FIR was registered by the police on February 24, 2025. Cyber Crime team, led by Sub-Inspector Vikas Kumar started investigation, cracked the case, found that the gang was running a racket to cheat unemployed youths by issuing fake appointments and arrested the prime accused Baljeet and Ritu from Panipat on March 3. Their interrogation led to the arrests of their other three companions identified as Sanjay Kumar from Hisar on March 4, Balkar from Jind and Gulshan from Chandigarh on March 7. During the raid, police seized crucial evidence including 11 CPUs, 10 LCDs, 3 printers, 2 biometric devices, 13 mobile phones, 8 payment slip books, 22 cheque books of different banks and Rs 1,57,000 in cash from them and Rs 1,21,000 deposited in a bank account.
Investigation revealed that the gang was operating from fraudulent offices in Bhiwani, Jind, and Yamunanagar using a fake entity called ‘Shagun Gramin Health and Family Welfare Council’. Their website was used to lure unemployed youth across Haryana, charging them hefty sums for bogus recruitment processes. According to police preliminary investigation, the scamsters had conducted fake recruitment exams in Hisar and issued appointment letters, ID cards and salary slips to nearly 50 fake recruits and sent them to rural areas to scam local residents by offering benefits under non-existent government schemes like the ‘Mukhyamantri Vivah Shagun Yojana’ and ‘Pradhan Mantri Shadi Shagun Yojana’. According to police information, the three arrested accused Baljeet, Sanjay and Ritu were remanded to judicial custody, while Balkar and Gulshan were kept in police custody for further interrogation, with efforts underway to identify and arrest other members of the racket involved in this scam.
