A GNM nurse from Patna, identified as Roopam Kumari (name changed), has raised serious questions about the Bihar government's ambitious job fair. She received an appointment letter from Hekam Company for a monthly salary of Rs 48,000 at a mega job fair held at Gyan Bhawan, handed over by Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary himself. However, upon reaching Delhi, she was housed in a so-called hostel instead of a hospital. There, she was made to work beyond the stipulated hours, performing tasks unrelated to nursing, and complained about inadequate living arrangements.

According to Roopam, in Delhi, she was placed at a location belonging to a company named Shivam, not Hekam, where boys and girls were housed together. When she complained about the excessive working hours and poor living conditions, she faced harassment, including being forced to clean toilets and mop floors. She also claimed there were plans to send her abroad. After enduring these conditions for four days, on September 6, Roopam managed to contact her husband and escape.

A mother of two young children, Roopam had left her Rs 15,000 job in Patna to move to Delhi, hoping to improve her family's financial situation. Now, she has lost her old job, and her savings are depleted. Her son's exam admit card is withheld due to unpaid school fees. When she arrived at the Chief Minister's residence to complain about this fraud and protested, security personnel prevented her from entering without prior permission.

This incident casts a shadow on the mega job fair held at Gyan Bhawan in Patna from August 19 to 23, where the government claimed to have provided jobs to over 20,000 youths. Hekam India Private Limited, an unregistered company that was only registered in Delhi in October 2025 and claims to be a placement and HR agency, was among the 112 companies that participated. This incident highlights serious concerns about the vetting process of companies at government-sponsored job fairs and the safety of job-seeking youth.