Three men have been arrested in Kolkata for allegedly posing as CBI officers to get confidential recruitment records from the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Police are looking into whether the accused were part of a wider recruitment racket.According to police sources, two of the accused, Biprarshi Bose and Subham Sagar Tanti, arrived at the SSC’s Eastern Region office at Nizam Palace on AJC Bose Road around 2.30 pm on Monday.
They drove into the complex in a Tata Nexon bearing a “Government of India” sign and markings identifying it as a Deputy Superintendent of Police’s vehicle.Bose allegedly posed as a CBI Deputy Superintendent of Police and Tanti as a Sub-Inspector. They showed fake CBI identity cards and forged candidate files and asked for recruitment records and internal data, claiming they were conducting an official inquiry, police sources said.SSC officials grew suspicious and asked the men to show authorisation for the inquiry.
The two could not produce it and allegedly admitted to forging the documents. The officials alerted police, who apprehended both men.
Police said questioning Bose led to the arrest of a third accused, Pallab Mondal, and the seizure of the car from the Nizam Palace complex. Investigators also seized fake CBI badges and SSC documents.Bhowanipore Police registered a case on a complaint by Surajit Basak, Assistant Director of the SSC’s Eastern Region, under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita provisions relating to forgery, cheating by impersonation and criminal conspiracy. - Ends