Bolangir: The Crime Branch (CB) of Odisha Police has reopened an investigation into the 2023 fake certificate scam and arrested a man from Kalahandi district, officials said Thursday.
The accused, identified as Malaya Kumar Bhoi, 37, of Kundabandh village under Kesinga police limits in Kalahandi district, was taken into custody by a three-member CB team and produced in court. Police said Bhoi allegedly purchased a forged high school certificate from Bolangir, which falsely showed he had scored more than 90 per cent marks. He later used the document to apply for the post of Gramin Dak Sevak in the Bolangir postal division in 2023. During certificate verification March 23, 2023, postal officials discovered the forgery.
Then, postal superintendent Rajendra Kumar Pattanaik reported the matter to Town police station, leading to a case being registered under the direction of then Bolangir SP Nitin Kushalkar. The CB resumed the probe after several months of dormancy. A team led by Additional SP Bikash Behura Wednesday visited the Bolangir district education office to verify records before conducting raids in Belpada and later in Kundabandh, where Bhoi was arrested.
