Fake Certificate Racket Busted In Mehdipatnam, 4 Held

The Commissioner's Task Force, South-East Zone Team, along with the staff of the Mehdipatnam police station today busted a fake educational certificate racket under the limits of Mehdipatnam PS.

Four individuals were arrested, and 108 fake educational certificates purporting to be from various universities and four mobile phones were seized.

The main accused was identified as Mohammed Mujeeb Hussain, 54, who runs an educational consultancy and resides in Phoolbagh, Chandrayangutta. He provides fake certificates.

Also arrested were Mohammed Nasir Khan (alias Nasir), 26, an IT employee from Tolichowki, Hyderabad (candidate); Mohd Al Baseer Rahmani (alias Rahmani Mohammed AI Bassir, alias Sohail), 45, a trainer at Cult Gym, residing in Ushodaya Colony, Gudimalkapur, Hyderabad (mediator); and Zia-Ur-Rahman Siddiqui (alias Zia), 34, the owner of a fitness gym, residing in Jamali Kunta, Seven Tombs, Tolichowki (mediator).

The accused were arrested while they were delivering the fake certificates near the Government School, Eidgah Grounds, First Lancer under the jurisdiction of the Mehdipatnam PS.

Upon investigation, it was revealed that Hussain was running an educational consultancy and providing fake certificates to individuals for purposes such as VISA applications, study abroad programs and job applications with MNCs. Hussain provided the fake certificates to Nasir, who dealt with the bunch through mediators Rahmani and Siddiqui.

It was also found that Hussain procured these fake certificates from Manoj Viswash from Calcutta, Ravinder from Meerut and Ajay (alias Mukesh) from UP, and sold them with the assistance of the arrested accused.

The makers of the fake certificates remain absconding.