Delhi Police have arrested nine people, including employees linked to chief medical officer offices and a disability board member in Uttar Pradesh, for allegedly running an interstate network that arranged fake disability certificates for admissions to educational institutions. The arrests followed the recovery of 27 certificates, electronic devices, cash and a car, according to the police account reported by Jagran.
The network allegedly handled multiple stages of the process, including arranging fake address details on Aadhaar documents, uploading applications on the Unique Disability Identity (UDID) portal and obtaining disability certificates from government hospitals. Police said the certificates were being used to seek admission under the disability category in BTech and other undergraduate courses.
The North District Special Staff arrested the alleged mastermind, identified as Lalit, from North Campus on August 31. Police said he was living in Faridabad and had 16 disability certificates issued by government hospitals in Badaun, Bareilly and Siddharthnagar. A case was registered at Maurice Nagar police station, after which investigators began examining the wider network and the intended use of the certificates.
According to the police investigation, Lalit allegedly worked with an education consultant from Noida, identified as Roshan Mishra, and other consultants. Police said student data was obtained and artificial intelligence tools were allegedly used to alter addresses on Aadhaar documents to locations in Siddharthnagar, Badaun, Bareilly and Gorakhpur. The altered details were then allegedly used for applications on the UDID portal.
The case also involves people connected to government offices and medical administration in Uttar Pradesh. Police identified Bareilly CMO office contract employee Kuldeep, Badaun-based Sher Singh Solanki, Bareilly disability board member Dr Lakshmi Kant Saxena and Siddharthnagar senior malaria inspector JP Shukla among those allegedly linked to the operation. Investigators said government hospital and CMO office processes were allegedly used to prepare false medical reports and certificates.
Police said the accused charged between Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 for each certificate. Technical investigation and bank transaction records led investigators to JP Shukla and his associate Surendra Rastogi, who were subsequently arrested. Order Kumar, arrested in Sitapur, allegedly had nine disability certificates at his home. Dhirendra Kumar Pandey, a junior assistant posted at the Deoria CMO office, has also been accused of helping prepare the certificates.
The alleged operation highlights the administrative dependence of education reservations on medical certification, identity records and digital application systems. In this case, the police account indicates that the alleged fraud was not limited to a single forged document but involved coordination across identity details, online applications, medical reports and institutional offices. The investigation will determine whether the certificates were used for admissions and identify the students in whose names they were prepared.
Police are searching for Chandan Singh Yadav and other people allegedly connected with the network. The roles of doctors and other staff posted at the hospitals concerned are also under investigation. The authorities have not yet announced the institutions where the certificates may have been used or stated whether any admission has been cancelled.
