Aurangabad, Aug 5 (PTI) The police in Maharashtra's Aurangabad city have arrested four persons for allegedly taking money from job aspirants on the promise of getting them employed as forest guards, a police official said on Saturday.

Acting on a tip, the police on Friday arrested the four, identified as Amol Nichad, Annaji Kakde, Anil Kamble and Sandip Bhutekar.

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The accused apparently demanded Rs 10 lakh from each job aspirant. The police have seized documents of six candidates from the accused.

Three blank cheques and four cheques with a collective face value of Rs 20 lakh were confiscated from the four, the official said.

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Mobile phones and a car worth Rs 7 lakh were also recovered them, he added.

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