The Mukkom police on Thursday arrested a 36-year-old woman as part of the ongoing investigation into a major railway job scam that duped over 500 applicants from north Kerala districts. Aswathy Warrier of Edappal was nabbed from Coimbatore after a week-long intensified investigation into the incident.
The woman, reportedly the prime accused in the case, was charged under Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) of the Indian Penal Code. With this, the total number of persons arrested in the case reached four.
The investigation team had already arrested three others who allegedly colluded with Aswathy to operate the fraud in the name of the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB). The main allegation against the four was that they pocketed a huge sum from job aspirants promising permanent postings to them.
