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An organized gang is under the agency’s scanner. The Patna ED office is conducting searches in Bihar, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, officials said.

They said the scam was initially detected in the name of Railways, but an in-depth investigation found that it covers more than 40 organizations and government departments, including Forests, RRB (railway recruitment board), India Post, Income Tax Department, some high courts, PWD, Bihar government, Delhi Development Authority, Rajasthan secretariat and others.

The gang used fake email accounts posing as official government domains to send fraudulent enrollment letters, the ED discovered.

To gain the trust of the aspirants, the gang paid initial salaries for 2-3 months to some victims who were fraudulently placed in organizations like RPF (Railway Protection Force), Railway TTE (Travel Ticket Examiner) and technicians etc.

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Locations are being sought in Muzaffarpur and Motihari in Bihar, Kolkata in West Bengal, Ernakulam, Pandalam, Adoor and Kodur in Kerala, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), Rajkot (Gujarat), Gorakhpur, Prayagraj and Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, officials said.