Railway Recruitment Board in Bengaluru warns over bribe for job scam

BENGALURU: Following the arrests made by Maharashtra police in connection to bribe for a job in Indian Railways, the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) in Bengaluru has cautioned students to beware of the persons who are cheating aspirants.
According to the sources, recently a gang in Vasai of Maharashtra who collected Rs 93 lakh from various candidates claiming that there is a quota for Railway Ministry through which they can get selected on paying the bribe.Mumbai arrested two of the accused in the case.
Indian Railways is conducting recruitment for various posts. This includes about 64 thousand posts of Assistant Loco Pilots and various categories of technicians (i.e. Group’C’ posts) and about 63 thousand posts of Level-1 like Track Maintainers, Assistant Pointsmen, (Erstwhile Group-D). This recruitment is being conducted through Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs). Indian Railways is also conducting recruitment for 8619 constables and 1120 sub-inspectors in Railway Protection Force (RPF). Recruitment for this is being done by Director General of RPF. For Group’C’ posts, about 47 lakh candidates have applied. For Level-1 posts, about 1.89 crore candidates have applied. For constables and sub-inspectors in RPF about 58 lakh and 14 lakh candidates have applied, respectively.
RRB located on Miller's road in Bengaluru said Recruitment for all of these posts is being conducted in most fair and transparent manner as per rules. The recruitment is based on Computer-Based Tests (CBTs). These tests are being taken in a secured environment in selected centres spread all over India. The centres have features like CCTV and secured internet connection. There is no way of getting selected by any illegal means. Railways have time and again warned the candidates not to fall prey to fraudulent promises by any imposter, tout, broker through notices in national and regional newspapers.