By Bizodisha Bureau, Bhubaneswar, September 12, 2016 : The East Coast Railway [ECoR] on Monday asked the premier investigation agency of government of India, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe into the fake job racket.

Two weeks back, recruitment scam in the ECoR surfaced with the arrest of an employee and later several employees were arrested in this connection. The ECoR suspects the involvement of a large number of employees in the scam.

Meanwhile, the ECoR is flooded with several complaints from aspirants and preliminary investigation estimated the fraud to the tune of Rs 5 crore.

“We have written to CBI to probe into the scam to unearth the involvement of Railway employees in the syndicate. Anyone found involved in the scam wouldn’t be spared,” a Railway official said.

In the wake of the scam, the ECoR had ordered for a Vigilance probe on September 6.

The police here arrested Kishore Behera employed as a Grade II technician of the Banspani Electrical Division of Indian Railways from Keonjhar-Jharkhand border on September 5 for allegedly duping Rs 22 lakh from five job seekers.

Prior to Behera’s arrest, three other Railway employees were arrested on September 3 by Commissionerate Police for their alleged complicity in the racket.

At least 10 persons, including five Railway employees have been arrested in the past five months for their alleged involvement in the scam, reports said.