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Army recruitment racket unearthed

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LUCKNOW, Jan 4: The Special Task Force of Uttar
Pradesh Police and Army Intelligence have unearthed a
racket involved in recruitment of youth in the Army as
jawans, police sources said today.

Three persons, including two retired Army Hawaldars,
were arrested yesterday in this connection, the
sources said here. The third person was the owner of a
coaching institute.

Army Intelligence was also interrogating two Army
officials working in the zonal recruitment office of
the Central Command, they added.

Police said the arrested people recruited people in
Army through fake documents. Connivance of Army
servicemen in zonal recruitment office could not be
ruled out, the sources said.

Those arrested were retired Hawaldars Dinesh Yadav and
Ashutosh Mihra and a owner of a coaching institute
Maan Pal Singh.

The three allegedly charged Rs 80,000 per recruitment,
the sources said.

Singh was arrested by Uttaranchal Police a few months
back on similar charges. (PTI)