On Saturday, five persons, including two teachers, were arrested for being involved in a racket that enabled the appointment of government school teachers via fake certificates in Odisha’s Ganjam district.
Police also raided fake B.Ed and other certificates, over 500 duplicate rubber stamps of numerous government offices and a computer hard disc from the arrested persons.
The racket came to light when a police investigation concerning a complaint filed by Aska Block Education Officer Krutibash Barik. According to the FIR, B.Ed certificates furnished by two assistant teachers, Gouri Shankar Jena and Dayanidhi Parida, for getting appointment were fake. Mr Jena had got an appointment in 2006 while Mr Parida joined in 2012. In 2019, they resigned from their jobs.