Nagpur: Following the sensational expose of a recruitment scam running at Kamptee Cantonment Board (KCB), the sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are expecting more victims to come forward with their complaints. According to sources from the CBI, they are expecting dozens more complainants who fell prey to the miscreants on the pretext of job promises.
It may be recalled that on Wednesday, the CBI arrested three people, including an official of the Kamptee Cantonment Board (KCB) in Nagpur in a bribery case related to recruitment. The accused have been identified as Deep Ramesh Saktel, a Safai Karmachari at Kamptee Cantonment Board, Nagpur; Chandrashekhar Kuwarlal Chidhalore, a candidate selected for the post of Mali, and Sheetal Ramteke, a Nursery Teacher on a contract basis in Kamptee Cantonment Board School, Nagpur.
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According to sources from KCB, the accused charged between Rs 14 lakh to 18 lakh from around 20 aspirants by promising them various jobs at Cantonment Hospital and School.
The CBI alleges that the accused were involved in a racket of recruitment, in which they were approaching candidates and assuring them employment in exchange for a hefty bribe. The former Vice President of the KCB was allegedly involved in the racket and had been regularly contacting the said Safai Karmachari to approach eligible candidates whose names appeared on the list published by the Kamptee Cantonment Board for the post of Assistant Teacher, Mali & Safai Karamchari.
The CBI laid a trap and caught the Safai Karmachari while accepting the bribe of Rs. 2 lakh as the first installment out of a total bribe of Rs. 11,50,000/- on behalf of the former-Vice President and other officials of Kamptee Cantonment Board. The candidate who paid the bribe was also caught, and during the investigation, the role of a Nursery Teacher working on a contract basis in KCB School, Nagpur, also came to light, and she was also arrested.
The CBI has said that it will continue to take strong action against those involved in corruption and will not spare anyone found guilty of such activities. The investigation is ongoing to determine the involvement of other officials of the Kamptee Cantonment Board in the case.
