Bhawanipatna: Town police here in Kalahandi district Saturday arrested a teacher and his Dak Sevak son on charge of supplying fake certificates to the aspirants.
The accused were identified as Padmanabha Mahananda, a resident of Guepita village under Bhawanipatna Sadar police station and a retired teacher of Sapasilet Government Primary School in Bhawanipatna. His son Prabhat Mahananda is a Gramin Dak Sevak.
The father-son duo has been sent to jail following their arrest.
Police said that Padmanabha was providing fake certificates to job aspirants in exchange for huge sums of money. His son Prabhat was allegedly appointed as a Gramin Dak Sevak by furnishing a fake certificate himself.
Padmanabha and his son came under scanner after a youth Chhanik Bag of Kupati village under K Gaon police limits was nabbed in fake certificate case. Chhanik disclosed that Padmanabha had given him the fake certificate in exchange of Rs30,000.
Police conducted further probe and arrested the man and his son.
Meanwhile, the assistant superintendent of Bhawanipatna Post Office had recommended the Board of Secondary Education (BSE) for verification of certificates of the newly appointed Gramin Dak Sevaks in Kalahandi district.
PNN
