Bhadohi (UP), Dec 11 (PTI) Police on Thursday in Gyanpur area arrested the alleged kingpin of an interstate racket that prepared fake freedom fighter certificates, an officer said.

The fake certificates were used to secure admissions and government jobs under reserved quotas, he said.

Additional Superintendent of Police Shubham Agrawal said the fraud came to light during scrutiny of documents submitted by candidates for recruitment in UP Police.

Several certificates, purportedly issued by the Bhadohi district magistrate’s office, were found to be fake.

Agarwal said the gang charged lakhs of rupees for forging certificates, which were used to obtain MBBS admissions in medical colleges, and to secure police and other government jobs.

Investigation identified Sanjay Dubey, 48, of Vindhya

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