Two women booked for cheating youth offering job in the railways

Thiruvananthapuram: Thampanoor police on Thursday registered a case against two women for cheating a youth of lakhs of rupees offering a job in the railways.The complaint Rahul G (22) of Gokulam at Madathilnada near Thiruvallam, alleged that the accused Reshma (23), a Kollam native, and Sheeba (28), a Palakkad native, had given him job training at Trichy last year along with others. Later they also provided him a fake identity card for the post of ‘enquiry cum reservation clerk’ and a letter of appointment as trainee at Palakkad railway station.“After getting the identity card and the offer letter, I gave the women Rs 7.5 lakhs and joined duty at Palakkad railway station. However, while on duty on November 29, 2022, I was arrested from the platform by railway police after they found that my identity card was fake. It was then I realised that I was cheated. I have filed a case at Thampanoor police station,” said Rahul.The police have also found that the accused cheated several other youths as well by offering jobs but they were not willing to register a case due to fear. “The investigation is on and preliminary findings revealed that Rahul was cheated,” said the police.