Agra: Police in Muzaffarnagar have busted a gang allegedly involved in selling fake nursing diplomas, marksheets, registration certificates and other documents. Ten people have been arrested so far, officials said on Sunday.
Police suspect that several people may have secured jobs in healthcare institutions using the forged documents, which were allegedly sold for around Rs 25,000 each.
“The operation was launched after a tip-off revealed that a group was preparing fake diplomas and marksheets and selling them to youths seeking jobs in the healthcare sector,” said SP (Rural) Akshay Sanjay, adding that the action was carried out by Kakrauli police under the supervision of SSP Sanjay Kumar Verma.
A police team raided a location near Sambhalhera village canal track in Muzaffarnagar and arrested five persons. During questioning, they disclosed details of the wider network, which led police to arrest five more individuals from private healthcare facilities in Meerut.
Police seized items allegedly used to prepare forged educational documents, including 10 mobile phones, fake diplomas and marksheets kept in 17 files, two CPUs, two monitors, a printer, photo paper and a motorcycle.
The arrested accused were identified as Shivanand, Manish and Sachin Pal of Muzaffarnagar, and Kuldeep Kumar, Ismail, Adil, Ritesh, Jayant, Sandeep Kumar and Nitesh of Meerut.
Police said Kuldeep Kumar admitted to preparing fake nursing documents using data supplied by co-accused Ismail, while Adil provided QR codes that were printed on the forged documents to make them appear authentic.
The SP said the forged certificates were sold by Ismail and Adil to middlemen Shivanand and Manish for around Rs 4,000 each, who then resold them to job seekers for nearly Rs 25,000 per certificate.
A case has been registered at Kakrauli police station under Sections 318(4) (cheating) and 336(3) (forgery with intent to cheat) of BNS, and investigation to determine the full extent of the racket is underway, police said.
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