MP: 71 teachers booked for faking disability; 450 certificates from single hospital

The education department officials became suspicious after it came to light that out of the 750 selected teachers under the disability quota, 450 produced the certificates issued by the Morena district hospital. District Education Officer Anup Kumar Pathak said Morena collector conducted a  probe based on the instruction of the Directorate of Public Instruction, Bhopal.  During the probe, out of 257 disability certificates, 71 were found to be fake.

An FIR was registered against all 71 candidates on the instruction of senior officials at Kotwali police station Morena. The police have registered a case under sections 420 (Cheating), 419 , 468 (forgery), and 471 of the IPC.

Officials stated that the medical examination will be done again on all the candidates, who have submitted certificates from Morena district hospital.