<p>A retired Army Colonel has been arrested in connection with the alleged bogus recruitment racket at the Artillery Centre here, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Colonel (retd) Sukhpritsingh Arjunsingh Randhawa (59), a resident of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, who is alleged to be the mastermind of the bogus Army recruitment racket, was arrested yesterday from Noida by a team of the city's Upnagar police station.<br /><br />The personnel, who recently retired from the Army, will be brought to Nashik for further probe in the case, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shrikant Dhivare said.<br /><br />Police had on July 11 arrested four men claiming to be Army recruits -- Balbir Ramchandra Gurjar, Sureshkumar Shivcharan Mahanto, Sachinkumar Kishansingh and Tejapal Motiram Chopada -- all hailing from Rajasthan, for allegedly submitting fake documents for joining the Artillery Centre here.<br />They were held following a complaint lodged by an Artillery Centre official.<br /><br />A case was registered against them under sections 420, 465, 468, 471, 120-B and 34 of IPC, Upnagar police station in charge Ashok Bhagat said.<br /><br />During interrogation, the four men confessed that they paid Rs six lakh each to get entry into the Army by using fake documents, police said.<br /><br />Later, the Upnagar police arrested jawan Girirajsing Ghanshyamsingh Chouhan, of Rajputana Rifles regiment, posted in New Delhi, and agent Tekchand Meghawal, a resident of Rajasthan's Alvar district, on August 23.<br /><br />According to Bhagat, seven persons, including the retired Colonel and an agent, have so far been arrested in connection with the case.<br /><br />The interrogation of Randhawa is expected to throw light on how many youths were cheated and recruited in the Army on the basis of fake documents, he added. <br /></p>
<p>A retired Army Colonel has been arrested in connection with the alleged bogus recruitment racket at the Artillery Centre here, police said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Colonel (retd) Sukhpritsingh Arjunsingh Randhawa (59), a resident of Noida in Uttar Pradesh, who is alleged to be the mastermind of the bogus Army recruitment racket, was arrested yesterday from Noida by a team of the city's Upnagar police station.<br /><br />The personnel, who recently retired from the Army, will be brought to Nashik for further probe in the case, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shrikant Dhivare said.<br /><br />Police had on July 11 arrested four men claiming to be Army recruits -- Balbir Ramchandra Gurjar, Sureshkumar Shivcharan Mahanto, Sachinkumar Kishansingh and Tejapal Motiram Chopada -- all hailing from Rajasthan, for allegedly submitting fake documents for joining the Artillery Centre here.<br />They were held following a complaint lodged by an Artillery Centre official.<br /><br />A case was registered against them under sections 420, 465, 468, 471, 120-B and 34 of IPC, Upnagar police station in charge Ashok Bhagat said.<br /><br />During interrogation, the four men confessed that they paid Rs six lakh each to get entry into the Army by using fake documents, police said.<br /><br />Later, the Upnagar police arrested jawan Girirajsing Ghanshyamsingh Chouhan, of Rajputana Rifles regiment, posted in New Delhi, and agent Tekchand Meghawal, a resident of Rajasthan's Alvar district, on August 23.<br /><br />According to Bhagat, seven persons, including the retired Colonel and an agent, have so far been arrested in connection with the case.<br /><br />The interrogation of Randhawa is expected to throw light on how many youths were cheated and recruited in the Army on the basis of fake documents, he added. <br /></p>