Pune: Army Files Complaint Against IT Company Hired For Recruitment Process, Firm Duped Aspirants Through YouTube Channel
Mubarak Ansari
Pune, 28th December 2022: The Indian Army reaffirmed its policy of zero tolerance for corruption and lodged a complaint against an IT firm for malpractice in the recruitment process.
In May 2022, HQ Southern Command had advertised for recruitment of 32 civilian defence employees. To facilitate the smooth processing of application by the candidates a contract for Information Technology Support was awarded through GeM to a Rajasthan based IT Firm.
In a breach of trust, the firm conspired to exploit the potential recruits and launched a YouTube channel propagating and encouraging candidates to pay Rs 2000/- in a fictitious account so as to allow them to download the admit card. This was in contravention to the terms and conditions of the contract.
These videos were spotted by the cyber team of Southern Command Military Intelligence and interstate investigations revealed that approx Rs 2,50,000/- were allegedly collected by the Firm.
Concerned Military authorities immediately questioned the firm and asked them to refund the money to the candidates and simultaneously lodged a complaint with Vishrantwadi Police Station. Military authorities have assured all cooperation to the police.
“The Indian Army advises all prospective candidates not to fall prey to any social engineering attempts by cyber criminals and support the authorities in keeping the recruitment process clean and transparent”, Army stated in a press release.
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