Question : RECRUITMENT RACKET IN BSF

(a) whether a major recruitment racket being run by the Senior BSF officials has been exposed recently at Gwalior;

(b) if so, the facts and details in this regard;

(c) whether it is also a fact that bogus appointments have been made in the Border Security Force Academy, Takenpur;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) the number of persons arrested in this regard;

(f) whether the Government have taken any steps to check such recruitment rackets in BSF and other para-military forces in the country; and

(g) if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS ( SHRI CH. VIDYASAGAR RAO )

(a)to(g): A case of accepting illegal gratification by two doctors of BSF during the recruitment of Constables (General Duty) in the Organisation at Tekanpur near Gwalior has been detected. The case has been handed over to CBI for the investigation. Both the doctors have been taken into custody and they have been placed under suspension. Necessary instructions have been issued to the heads of CPMFs to tone up their vigilance organisations to ensure that no such irregularity takes place during the recruitment.