BySeven out of 19 were hired by unregistered NGOs; not even a single penny made it to the promised patients.Central Railways’ Railway Protection Force (RPF) has nabbed 19 fraudsters for posing as NGO volunteers and collecting donations from commuters.Seven out of them were, in fact, hired by unregistered NGOs to collect donations. The detained men are aged between 19 and 23 years and are mostly residents of Airoli and Mumbra.These men would collect donations on the pretext of gathering money for needy cancer patients. However, none of it would get to the real patients.These volunteers would roam in the trains and approach commuters for money. A team of RPF officials, headed by a lady constable who was disguised as a commuter, roamed around in local trains and nabbed these offenders. The drive is likely to continue.The detained men have been booked for tresspassing under Section 147 and begging under Section 144 (B) of the Railway Act.Senior Divisional Security Commissioner of RPF (CR), Sachin Bhalode said, “We received several complaints from commuters on the nuisance created by these people and have detained them.”One of the detained men, identified as Shabas Shaikh, 23, a resident of Airoli, told the police that he was employed for Rs 200 per day.“These youths mostly worked unofficially and have no paper work or documents which show that they are associated with these NGOs. The associations who hired these youngsters said that they paid a commission of 20 per cent on the collection made by each individual,” an official investigating into the case said.The officer revealed that a 19-year old girl, identified as Sonali Patil, was assured that the tuition fees of her post-graduation course would be taken care of by the NGO she was employed with.Sonali, who hails from Odisha, is a student at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU).The ones who worked for NGOs, worked for organisations by the name of ‘Helping Hands’ and another association called ‘Bright Association’. However, these organisations have no permission to hire people or collect donations for them.S H Jaffery, head of Public Relation Department at Tata Memorial Hospital said, “We had received complaints from cancer patients who were approached by organisations who took their case details. These patients were promised that money will be collected for them and sent to their account. But no money was every sent.”He further clarified that Tata Memorial Hospital has not asked for any donations. “Anybody who wants to make a donation can simply contact the PRO department. If at all the donation is to be made for a specific patient then they can mention the case number,” he added.