Impersonating as Indian Army Haveldar, 40 candidates were deceived and given fake admission letters after undergoing medical examination

In a major operation, the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has nabbed a person who was cheating in the name of recruitment. The accused was named Arvind Rana. He had claimed to be a Haveldar of the Indian Army and was deceiving the candidates by providing fake medical test and joining letters. Fake Indian Army I Card, 2 fake Aadhaar cards and 2 fake PAN cards were recovered from the accused.

According to the information, the arrested defendant Arvind Rana is a resident of Meerut and has a high school pass. When the defendant was interrogated, it was found that he had previously worked as a cleaner in a merchant ship. After the boat capsized in 2018, he quit his job and returned home out of fear.

After leaving the merchant ship, he met his old friend Saurabh, who introduced him to Yogesh Gautam, a resident of Hapur. Yogesh introduced him to Ajay alias Guruji, Bittu alias Pehelwaan and Vishnu alias Balram, residents of Baghpat.

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Ajay alias Guruji told Arvind that if he brought candidates willing to join the army, he would also get one. Due to this greed, Arvind and his friends started cheating in the name of military recruitment.

Arvind and his accomplices started collecting Rs 4-5 lakh from each candidate by doing fake medical examinations and issuing fake joining letters. Arvind used to call himself an Army sergeant. He also made a fake I-card. Along with this, fake Aadhar card and PAN card were also made so that his real identity remained hidden. He used these documents to check into hotels in various places.

More than 40 candidates were deceived

So far, Arvind and his accomplices have conducted fake medical examinations of around 40 candidates and issued fake recruitment letters to them. To make the candidates believe that he was serving in the army, Arvind created an identity card with a fake name and address.

UP STF arrested Arvind Rana from Meerut and registered a case against him under multiple departments. Police are now on a full-scale search for other members of the gang.

What did SP City, Meerut say?

Regarding this matter, Meerut SP Ayush Vikram said that late last night, STF and Military Intelligence received information from Sadar Bazar police station that a person named Arvind Rana had come. After receiving the information, he was detained and interrogated. He kept cheating people in the name of finding a job. He used to charge Rs 5 lakh as a fee and made fake certificates. He said that he cheated many people.