Job seekers urged not to pay bribe

Statesman News Service

MALDA, Dec. 10: The Malda district magistrate, Mr CR Das, has issued a notice, urging the government job seekers not to pay bribe to any "influential" person while looking for a job in the government sector. The copies of the notice have also been forwarded to the senior officials of the district. The move, according officials, comes in the wake of allegations that a section of "influential" persons of the district are trying to extort money from innocent unemployed youths.The district administration is also planning to circulate posters in various blocks to aware the job seekers about the menace, and request them not to pay bribe during recruitments in the government departments in Malda. The job seekers have also been advised to lodge complaint with the police in case anyone approaches them to hand over money for jobs. It was alleged that a section of people received bribe from candidates who got the government job based on their merit and quality, only after appearing in the competitive examinations. It was also reported that many genuine candidates had been duped by the job racketeers in the district. "Those who charged bribe from the candidates did nothing for them as they qualified to get the job according to their qualifications and performance in the exam," said a senior district official, on the condition of anonymity. Similarly, it was also learnt that a group of touts had collected money from the successful and selected candidates for the recruitment of additional nurses in more than 500 sub centres in Malda district. Touts have allegedly collected more than Rs 5 lakh from the candidates' guardians.