India, Jan. 30 -- In a major crackdown on an alleged fake recruitment racket, the Pune city police, in a joint operation with the Indian Army's Southern Command Military Intelligence (MI), have arrested a civilian Army employee accused of cheating multiple jobseekers by promising them government appointments. The fraud came to light following the alleged death by suicide of a National Defence Academy (NDA) staffer earlier this month.

The accused, a 33-year-old multi-tasking staffer (MTS) posted with an Army Supply Corps unit in Ahmedabad, was taken into custody on Thursday by Pune police and MI officials. Investigators allege that he ran a network that collected between Rs.30 lakh and Rs.35 lakh from aspirants by offering jobs in the Ind...