Nashik, August 31

A retired Army Colonel has been arrested in connection with the alleged bogus recruitment racket at the Artillery Centre here, police said today.Col Sukhpritsingh Arjunsingh Randhawa (retd), 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.

The 59-year-old will be brought to Nashik for further probe in the case, Deputy Commissioner of Police Shrikant Dhivare said.Police had on July 11 arrested four men claiming to be Army recruits, all hailing from Rajasthan, for allegedly submitting fake documents for joining the Artillery Centre here.

They were held following a complaint lodged by an Artillery Centre official.During interrogation, the four men confessed that they paid Rs 6 lakh each to get entry into the Army by using fake documents, police said.Later, the Upnagar police arrested jawan Girirajsing Ghanshyamsingh Chouhan, of Rajputana Rifles regiment, posted in New Delhi, and agent Tekchand Meghawal, a resident of Alwar district, on August 23. — PTI