UP teacher booked for submitting fake documents to get job

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A teacher of an inter-college here has been booked for allegedly submitting fake documents to get the job, police said on Tuesday. Vipin Singh was posted as an assistant teacher at Arvind Inter College in the district, they said.

An FIR was lodged on Monday after Singh's graduation mark sheet was found to be fake, District Inspector of School (DIOS) Gajender Kumar said. Singh got the job in the college in November 2021 The DIOS said the salary that Singh got will be recovered from him.

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The Assam police had recently booked more than 400 candidates for allegedly submitting fake certificates for recruitment into the police force. A probe has been launched into this matter. "Before declaring the final result, we verified the computer efficiency certificate of every candidate through respective superintendents of police. During the verification, 414 certificates were found fake,” said director general of police, Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta.

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