Updated On: 27 August, 2023 07:27 AM IST | Mumbai | Anurag Kamble
Three held so far, police suspect job seekers cheated into thinking they were working as Railway employees

The racket came to light when a Ticket Checker investigate a complaint about an inaccurate indicator. Representation Pic
Most of the time, a wrong train being displayed on the indicator would lead to exasperated reactions or, maybe, an outraged tweet or Facebook post. But in this case, it led to the lid being blown off a widespread fake recruitment racket in the Indian Railways, and the arrest of three accused, including a Railways staffer.
According to Government Railway Police (GRP) sources, at around 2 pm on July 9, a commuter at the Seawoods-Darave railway station in Navi Mumbai alerted Ticker Checker Mukesh Kumar Meena about an indicator displaying incorrect information. Meena tried contacting the concerned office to get the error rectified but received no response.