Fake teacher recruitment gang busted in UP

Mathura: The Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police has arrested 16 people for their involvement in a fake teacher recruitment racket in Mathura, police said.

Those arrested included the kingpin of the gang, Mahesh Sharma, 9 government teachers, four brokers and two computer operators of Basic Siksha Adhikari (BSA), Prabhakar Chaudhary, SSP, Mathura said. He did not rule out the arrest of more people involved in the racket.

"One computer, four lakh cash and nine bogus appointment letters were recovered in the raid conducted at their office in Mathura, he said.

The process of recruitment began in Mathura after an alleged order from the Director, Basic Education, Lucknow stated those who couldn't join their duty earlier, on the basis of an appointment letter, may be allowed to join now.