Army job racket: STF nabs kingpin in Prayagraj

PRAYAGRAJ: A team of Special Task Force has arrested the kingpin of a gang involved in recruitment of medically unfit candidates in the Army. The gang was busted on January 19 and four accused, including two Army personnel, were arrested.
ASP STF Neeraj Pandey said, “On Saturday, the STF team received an information that the leader of the gang would be arriving near Company Bagh. Acting on the tip-off, the accused was arrested on the spot by the STF team. On being asked, the arrested person gave his name as Mulayam Singh Yadav alias Ajay alias Sonu.”
The accused, Mulayam Singh Yadav, said he was recruited in the Army from Prayagraj district in the year 2003 for the post of GD constable and retired in the month of April 2020. During his service, he came in contact with many military / civil officers and employees working in Military Hospital, Allahabad, Lucknow, Varanasi, Meerut, etc., and along with other gang members used to operate the gang, police said.