Bescom ‘recruit’ scammed with ‘official’ signature

Officials at a Bescom office on Crescent Road were left baffled on Monday after a man walked in with a fake order of appointment, all set to report for duty as a junior assistant.

They examined the order brought by the 29-year-old man from Hukkeri in Belagavi district — Vaibhav Venkatesh — and found that the official’s signature on the document was forged. The “order” was issued under the letterhead of the superintending engineer, along with the official’s signature and seal.

According to a complaint filed by K P Somashekar, assistant executive engineer at the Bescom West 4th sub-division, Anand Rao Circle, Venkatesh walked into the Bescom office around 12.45 pm and informed Basavanna, the superintendenting engineer, North Circle, that he was there to join work.