Soren consoled the unemployed youth and said had they taken caution they would not have fallen victim, an official release said here.
Suggesting them to avail self-employment schemes run by the government, the chief minister directed the officials to prepare a district-wise list of such victims and give them priority in government-run schemes.
Soren has already recommended for a CBI probe into the fraud after and an FIR was filed in this connection a few months ago.
According to the FIR Digdarshan and another person had allegedly approached them to avail the surrender policy by pretending naxalites so that they could get a police constable job or become a home guard under the policy, besides other benefits.
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Many of them gave money to the cheats selling land, but it was found none had any naxal-related case against them, Dungdung said, referring to how Digdarshan and R Bodra duped the youth to pretend naxalites and avail benefits under the surrender policy.
Under the surrender policy, several Maoists and ultras of the People's Liberation Front of India and other splinter groups had surrendered in the last three/four years.