At least 50 candidates were caught on Thursday with fake documents at the Army Recruitment Office (ARO) at Barrackpore in West Bengal during verification for recruitment of soldiers. The Army termed it as a scam involving touts misleading youths from the northern plains. The forged documents, including Aadhar cards, educational and birth certificates, address proofs were submitted by candidates from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar falsely mentioning addresses of North 24 Parganas and Hooghly districts, a government release said. The candidates said that they had paid sums ranging between Rs 2,000 to Rs 25,000 to agents for getting the fake documents, with an agreement to pay Rs 2 to 4 lakhs on selection.
— source financialexpress.com | Sep 19, 2019