Bengaluru: The Social Welfare Department officials approached the Vidhana Soudha police seeking an investigation into fake recruitment orders.

Department Commissioner K. A. Dayananda has lodged a complaint in this regard alleging that a few miscreants are cheating the poor and innocent people by issuing fake recruitment orders for money.

He alleged that these orders are issued in the name of department officials. Based on the complaint, the police launched an investigation.

The State Government is under the pressure to eradicate corruption associated with recruitment following the surface of the PSI scam.