The Kamla Nagar police registered a case of fraud against a 24-year old youth, who got selected in the Police Constable Recruitment Examination 2011 by clearing physical test facilitated by a fake candidate.
Investigation Officer SI JP Tiwari said that Vinay Kumar of Faridabad in Haryana cleared the written examination of Police Constable Recruitment Examination-2011 and later when the physical test, which was the last and final phase of selection, was conducted in February -2012, instead of Vinay, some other person took the physical test and cleared the test successfully.
At the time of joining on February 24, 2015 when the documents were verified by the officials of 23th Battalion of the Special Armed Forces (SAF), it was found that the photographs and signature on the documents produced by the Kumar were different as on those on the documents provided during the physical test.
The officials of the 23th Battalion reported the matter to Deputy Commandant Hari Singh Raghuvanshi, who investigated the matter in detail and found that the candidate, who cleared written examination and who appeared in the physical test were different and later, a complaint was lodged with the Kamla Nagar police.
After the preliminary investigation, the police have registered a case under sections 420, 467, 468 and 470 of the IPC and have started further investigation. Police refused to reveal the details of the fake candidate as it could hamper the investigation. During the investigation, police are yet to find the fake candidate, who cleared the physical test and told that the accused would be nabbed soon.