Overview
- Officials identified the accused as Harish Kamble, who posed as a Railway Board vigilance inspector and sought money to clear payment arrears from the DRM Office in Mumbai and to arrange transfers.
- The vigilance team laid a trap on January 22 and apprehended him while accepting Rs 20,000 from a booking clerk following surveillance prompted by the clerk’s complaint.
- Investigators say the complainant had earlier transferred Rs 60,000 online to Kamble for a promised job transfer that never materialised.
- Kamble was handed over to the Kalyan Government Railway Police, and an FIR was registered under BNS Sections 318(2) and 319(2) for cheating and impersonation with the probe ongoing.
- Police and vigilance officials said Kamble has a prior 2012 arrest for impersonation, and Central Railway reiterated a zero-tolerance stance while urging staff and the public to report suspected fraud.