Mysore/Mysuru, Oct. 28 -- Gang ran near-perfect Railway recruitment racket; two arrested

In what may be called the biggest catch in Mysuru region, the Railway Protection Force (RPF), Mysuru, has busted a fake Railway recruitment racket and arrested two persons.

A preliminary estimate has revealed that the accused had defrauded over 400 job aspirants of a whopping Rs. 22 crore and more and surprisingly nothing went amiss till the gang was cornered by the RPF sleuths based on a complaint.

The accused have been identified as 44-year-old Chandra Gowda S. Patil, a resident of Mysuru and 62-year-old Shivaswamy, a retired Railway employee and native of Gadag.

A complaint was lodged by the Chief Medical Superintendent on the movement of sever...