CHANDRAPUR: In a job scam that runs into Rs1.5 crore, a trickster duped 22 youngsters by promising employment in Chandrapur Zilla Parishad (ZP). The ZP officials on Wednesday lodged an FIR with Ramnagar police station in this connection.
PSO, Ramnagar, Manohar Gite said no arrest has been made yet. The investigation is likely to reveal more victims.
As per the complaint, one Brijeshkumar Jha issued bogus appointment letters with forged signature of collector and a former CEO to 22 people after taking around Rs7 lakh from each of them. The matter came to light after two youngsters, Surajnath Kodape and Nitin Ghorpade, approached CEO Mitali Sethi with the appointment letters which were not issued by the ZP administration.
It turned out that the signatures of collector and a former CEO were forged with help of computerized scan of original signatures.
Kodape, who had earlier worked for ZP on temporary basis, was seeking reappointment. Ghorpade was looking for a job of junior clerk for his brother Rupesh.
Jha, a resident of Ballarpur, had issued the bogus appointment letters in 2019-20 but stopped the aspirants from joining ZP by giving different reasons.
