Man 'appointed' Goa excise commissioner, takes charge; order turns out fake
A man in Goa was arrested after being scammed into believing he was appointed as the state's Excise Commissioner. He paid 27 lakh rupees to a fraudster who provided him with a fake appointment letter.
Why it matters
The incident exposes vulnerabilities in government hiring processes and the prevalence of job-related fraud in regional administration.
PANAJI: A man was allegedly duped into believing he was appointed Goa’s Commissioner of Excise, a post that is currently vacant, and he even briefly occupied the chair before the department’s suspicious staff notified the police to have his appointment letter verified.The individual identified as Manoj Talekar was detained by the police after he claimed he had been appointed Goa’s new Excise Commissioner, showed up at the office, and ‘took charge’ of the position.“However, we detained the individual and registered an FIR after we received a call from the staff of the Excise Department on Thursday,” a police official said.Also read: Police bust two fake job-placement call centres in central Delhi, 11 heldAccording to the police, upon questioning, Talekar claimed he had handed over ₹27 lakh to one Ajit Shankhwalkar, who had been promising…
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