MEERUT, April 28 -- Four unemployed youths from Bareilly travelled to Lucknow expecting to join government positions, only to discover they had been duped of over Rs.11.5 lakh by two sisters, one of whom allegedly posed as an IAS officer, promising jobs using forged documents. Police have taken three accused, including both sisters, into custody.

Police suspect the sisters ran an organised racket, allegedly collecting money in multiple installments and issuing fake appointment letters while claiming links with the state secretariat.

The accused sisters, Shikha Pathak and Vipra Mishra, of Green Park, allegedly created the deception by having Vipra impersonate an additional district magistrate (finance and revenue) in Gajraula. Shikha is ...