Mastermind behind making fake educational certificate arrested
Muzaffarnagar. Rahman alias Rahim, resident of Sohajani village of Thana Bhawan, the mastermind of the case of making fake educational certificates, was arrested. Rahim himself used to collect money and name and address from the youth sitting in the office here and send it to the main accused Rakesh sitting in Prayagraj. Rakesh is still absconding. A team is currently camping in Prayagraj to arrest him. Three days ago, the city Kotwali police raided the office being run in the name of New Education in Unique Plaza of the city and recovered a large number of fake class 10 and 12 marksheets and educational certificates from there.
Hasin, resident of Ladhwala, and Shadab, resident of Rahmatnagar, were arrested. The police were looking for his two associates, Rakesh Kumar, resident of Shantipuram Prayagraj, an alleged employee of Uttar Pradesh State Open School Council, and Abdul Rahim alias Rehman, resident of Sohajani, Thana Bhawan. Based on the information, two police teams were camping in Prayagraj to arrest both of them. With the help of surveillance, police arrested Rahim near Bamanhedi bridge. During interrogation, Rahim told the police that he works at a medical store in the police station area. He has received education till graduation. He saw an advertisement on Facebook, in which a mobile number was mentioned along with an easy way to pass class 10 and 12.
This number belonged to Rakesh, the main accused of this gang, resident of Prayagraj. After coming in contact with Rakesh, he came in contact with Hasin and Shadab who run the office in Unique Plaza. After this, after taking money from Hasin etc., he used to send money and data to Rakesh. Rakesh used to send the certificate, which was uploaded on the website of Uttar Pradesh State Open School Council created by him. According to the police, Rahim has given fake educational certificates to many youths in the last one year. SP City Satyanarayan Prajapat said that Rakesh, a resident of Prayagraj, is currently being searched in this case, he will also be caught soon.
