NEW DELHI: After ghost employees, now fake teachers at MCD schools are making a fortune. The police have unearthed a racket led by a 28-year-old teacher who allegedly helped youths from Haryana get jobs in MCD schools through fake appointment letters. Seven people have been arrested.
The scam - worth several lakhs - comes hardly two months ahead of municipal polls. Several MCD officials from the education department are under the scanner, said senior cops. Investigators have recovered Rs 75,000 from the accused along with five blank appointment letters with fake seals of the deputy director of education (Civil Lines zone). Each deal fetched the gang between Rs 2.5 lakh-Rs 4 lakh. Six of the accused are working as teachers on a contract basis in the Civil Lines area.
"Three of them had joined schools in A block and D block Jahangirpuri on February 16," said additional DCP (northwest), Romil Baaniya. The arrests came following a probe into an FIR lodged by Kanwar Singh, deputy director of education (Civil Lines zone). Singh alleged that the appointment letters of the three teachers were fake and his signature had been forged.
Following investigations, Sachin (21) and Sanjeev (22), posted at the MCD school in Jahangirpuri D Block and Suresh (25), posted at Jahangirpuri K block school, were arrested. Their interrogation led to the arrests of Ashok, Aftab, Sunil Kumar and Santosh. "We are trying to find out if similar cases have been reported in other MCD schools," Baaniya said.
"Sachin, Suresh and Sanjeev confessed that they were desperately looking for government jobs in the capital but they didn't fulfill the eligibility criteria for the post. They had come in contact with two residents of Haryana (yet to be nabbed) who assured to get them appointed in MCD schools," said Baaniya.
The alleged kingpin, Ashok (28), is a teacher at an MCD school in Wazirabad. Ashok and the other accused have been working in tandem since 2005.
The gang managed to get copies of appointment letters, forged the deputy director's signature and issued them to interested parties . "We believe the gang has been operational for six years. They may have appointed fake candidates even earlier," said a sleuth.
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The scam - worth several lakhs - comes hardly two months ahead of municipal polls. Several MCD officials from the education department are under the scanner, said senior cops. Investigators have recovered Rs 75,000 from the accused along with five blank appointment letters with fake seals of the deputy director of education (Civil Lines zone). Each deal fetched the gang between Rs 2.5 lakh-Rs 4 lakh. Six of the accused are working as teachers on a contract basis in the Civil Lines area.
"Three of them had joined schools in A block and D block Jahangirpuri on February 16," said additional DCP (northwest), Romil Baaniya. The arrests came following a probe into an FIR lodged by Kanwar Singh, deputy director of education (Civil Lines zone). Singh alleged that the appointment letters of the three teachers were fake and his signature had been forged.
Following investigations, Sachin (21) and Sanjeev (22), posted at the MCD school in Jahangirpuri D Block and Suresh (25), posted at Jahangirpuri K block school, were arrested. Their interrogation led to the arrests of Ashok, Aftab, Sunil Kumar and Santosh. "We are trying to find out if similar cases have been reported in other MCD schools," Baaniya said.
"Sachin, Suresh and Sanjeev confessed that they were desperately looking for government jobs in the capital but they didn't fulfill the eligibility criteria for the post. They had come in contact with two residents of Haryana (yet to be nabbed) who assured to get them appointed in MCD schools," said Baaniya.
The alleged kingpin, Ashok (28), is a teacher at an MCD school in Wazirabad. Ashok and the other accused have been working in tandem since 2005.
The gang managed to get copies of appointment letters, forged the deputy director's signature and issued them to interested parties . "We believe the gang has been operational for six years. They may have appointed fake candidates even earlier," said a sleuth.
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