4 Job Aspirants Held For Submitting Fake Certificates In Jeypore

Koraput: Police have arrested four persons for allegedly producing fake certificates for government jobs.

The accused have been identified as Gopal Krushna Patnaik (25) of Raighar in Nabarangpur district, Sarathi Halba (23) of Lulupadar village of Koraput district, Dami Harijan (25) of Nabarangpur and Kishore Khara (29) of Malkangiri.

According to reports,  the accused persons had applied for the posts of Branch Post Master (BPM) and Assistant Branch Post Master (ABPM) under Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDS) of India Post. They were also shortlisted for appointment to the posts, however, the certificates submitted by them were found to be fake during verification.

Following this, the Postal Department filed a complaint at the Jeypore police station in this regard.

Acting on complaint, police have forwarded the accused persons to court following their arrests.