Borivli ‘edu consultants’ arrested for selling fake univ certs, scores

 Borivli ‘edu consultants’ arrested for selling fake univ certs, scores

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Ahmed.Ali@timesgroup.com

21.01.2022

Mumbai:Two persons running an educational consultancy were arrested when the city crime branch busted a major racket in supplying fake certificates of various accredited institutes for Rs 1-2 lakh. The accused have so far sold more than 80 fake certificates, said the police. Ravindra Morya and Pritesh Jain, proprietors of Prime Sapphire Education in Borivli, were arrested by crime branch unit 11, which recovered around 200 fake certificates and mark sheets of various private institutes approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, UP, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. The accused have been booked under various IPC sections for che-ating, forgery and breach of trust. Four mobile phones, a laptop, two hard disks, pen drives and cash of  Rs 1. 1 lakh were recovered. Based on a tip-off, the crime branch send a decoy customer with Rs 1. 3 lakh to the Sapphire Education office opposite Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli, said deputy commissioner of police (crime-1) Sangramsingh Nishandar. The decoy told them that he needed a passing certificate from Sabarmati University in Gujarat. “The student also asked for a mark sheet of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam University, Madhya Pradesh. The accused said though he had never attended any lecture, he would get good marks and pass in the mark sheet they would give. No sooner did the accused accept the money, our team raided the place and detained the two accused. Search of their office resulted in recovery of 200 fake certificates of various private institutions and other electronic goods,” said Nishandar.

Man held after fake stamp paper haul

Wasim Ansari, 43, was arrested after police raided his place in Chembur on suspicion of running an online gambling racket and stumbled on to huge quantities of government documents such as PAN card, Aadhar card, fake stamp paper of Rs 2,000, Rs 500 and Rs 10 face value, election cards and rubber stamps of various government offices.

Police said Ansari had opened 15 bank accounts by submitting bogus documents. He has been booked for cheating, forgery, and gambling. The hunt is on for his accomplice Rahul Katiyar.

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