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STF bust fake mark sheet gang, three arrested

STF bust fake mark sheet gang, three arrested

Lucknow, Mar 20 (UNI) Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police busted a gang involved in preparing fake mark sheets with the arrest of three persons involved in preparing fake mark sheets on Thursday, an official spokesman said here.
The spokesperson said that based on an information, the STF nabbed three miscreants identified as Altaf Raja, Krishna Kumar Shrivastava and Lakshya Rathore on the service lane near the boundary wall of Jai Prakash Narayan Sarvodaya Vidyalaya in the Para area at around 4 AM and recovered fake mark sheets, certificates and other documents of various education boards, universities and educational institutions from their possession.
He said that during interrogation, the arrested accused Altaf Raja revealed that he has a gang which prepares various types of fake and forged documents. "Earlier, he used to work with Dr SP Pandey in Delhi to prepare mark sheets by creating fake websites. In the year 2017, he was arrested along with Dr Pandey from Geeta Colony in Delhi and was sent to jail," he said.

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