Mumbai, Dec 18 (PTI) A BMC employee and two others, including a retired woman police constable, were arrested for allegedly duping several hundred people with false promises of jobs in Mumbai's civic corporation, a Crime Branch official said on Friday.

The probe in the racket, which may run into several crore rupees, started after a woman approached Sion police station on Tuesday, following which the property cell of the Crime Branch also started a probe, he said.

"A BMC staffer, a person who retired from the civic body and a retired woman police constable have been arrested. The complainant told Sion police the accused had taken Rs 3.5 lakh and promised to get her son a job in the civic water supply department. They even issued a fake appointment letter to the complainant," he said.

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