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Racket in fake marksheets unearthed, two arrested

By Our Staff Reporter

NEW DELHI JUNE 17. Three persons, including two lawyers, who allegedly supplied forged marksheets and certificates of school boards, universities and professional institutions, have been arrested by the Crime Branch of the Delhi police. The police seized 40 fake degrees and documents from the accused.

The Special Investigation Team of the Crime Branch was recently tipped off that an education consultant agency named Surya Consultants -- which operated from East of Kailash in South Delhi -- was providing fake degrees. The team sent a decoy customer to the agency to strike a deal with the agency owners -- Mukesh Paliwal and Padam Rathi.

The deal for a Class 12th marksheet and other documents was fixed after which the police raided the premises and recovered duly filled fake degrees besides blank answer sheets of Agra University, a Wagon-R, two mobile phones and blank drafts of various banks amounting to around Rs. 8 lakhs. During interrogation, Mukesh disclosed that he was a law graduate from Kanpur. He along with Padam got advertisements published in newspapers inviting students for admissions in various courses. The duo would charge Rs. 9,000 for Class Xth and 12th certificates and Rs. 5,000 for marksheets. For graduation level certificates and degrees, they would charge Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 40,000 per client.

The accused supplied fake degrees of various institutions including Delhi University, IGNOU and Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad; and Class Xth and XIIth certificates and marksheets of Uttar Pradesh Board and Central Board of Secondary Education and IGNOU. The gang was active for the past four year.

At the instance of the duo, the police arrested Manoj Kumar, a resident of Ghaziabad, who is also a law graduate.

A computer, a printer and 200 blank and completed degrees and marksheets of over 10 educational institutions were recovered from his possession. During interrogation, Manoj disclosed that he had done courses in Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design.

After he came in contact with the other accused, the three connived to start forging certificates. Manoj, who has a masters degree in mathematics bought a computer and used software like Corel PhotoDraw and PhotoPrints for faking the documents. The Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Deependra Pathak, said investigations were on to nab others involved in the racket.

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