Police in Thane have booked three individuals for allegedly defrauding four job aspirants of a total of Rs 56 lakh after falsely promising them positions in the Indian Railways. The victims, all residents of Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane district, were lured into the scam by the accused, who provided them with forged railway documents.

According to an official from Badlapur East Police Station, the accused, who hailed from Badlapur, Mumbai, and Jharkhand, gained the trust of the victims between September 2020 and July 2024. As per PTI, the fraudsters convinced the job aspirants that they had secured employment with the Indian Railways and presented fake documents as proof.