Youth Will get Cop Job Utilizing Impersonator, Caught After 2 Years; Accused Obtained Up to date Aadhaar To Change {Photograph} Earlier than And After Examination

Indore (Madhya Pradesh): In a startling case of recruitment fraud, Sadar Bazar police have booked a youth who used an impersonator to clear the written examination for the GD constable recruitment, later altering his Aadhaar particulars to hide the deception.

The accused, Pritam Singh Bhil, a resident of Guna district, allegedly had one other man, Bijraj, seem for the written examination in June 2023. As soon as the written check was cleared, Pritam himself took the bodily check, efficiently handed the choice course of, and secured a job as a constable.

The rip-off got here to mild just lately throughout doc verification. Extra DCP (Zone-1) Alok Kumar Sharma stated that inspector Manoj Khedalkar from the First Battalion’s doc verification committee filed a proper grievance after noticing discrepancies within the applicant’s information.

“The {photograph} submitted through the written examination didn’t match the one from the bodily check,” officers stated.

Upon nearer examination, biometric verification confirmed that two completely different individuals had taken half within the recruitment course of below the identical id.

Investigators discovered that Bijraj had altered the Aadhaar card used for the examination—pasting his personal picture and updating the biometric knowledge earlier than the check. After the examination, Pritam reverted the Aadhaar particulars again to his personal to proceed the recruitment course of undetected.

Though the fraud occurred practically two years in the past, an FIR was filed solely after the battalion’s inner investigation gathered sufficient proof, together with picture mismatches and biometric inconsistencies.

Pritam has been booked below IPC Sections 419 (impersonation) and 420 (dishonest). Additional investigation is underway to find out if others have been concerned or if related instances exist.