Six held for running Centaur job racket

The other four employees Rampal Yadav, Ashok Kumar, Girdhari Lal and Sheikh Abdul Rasheed were remanded to judicial custody till January 22.

The anti-corruption branch of the CBI who arrested the the six persons asked for Rizvi and Singh8217;s custody for further interrogation. 8220;Their sustained interrogation is required for unearthing the role of some senior officials of the hotel and others who are involved in the racket of getting forged certificates issued and providing job to people,8221; Central Bureau of Investigation counsel said.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, Rizvi and Singh used to arrange fake school certificates from Uttar Pradesh. They had apparently provided Rampal Yadav with a fake CBSE Class X certificate from Government Boys Senior Secondary school, Mehrauli, and got him a job with the hotel in 1977.

Similarly Ashok Kumar also procured a fake Calss VIII certificate from Muzaffarpur for which he reportedly paid Singh Rs 10,000 in cash.

The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted searches at the office and residential premises of the five hotel employees and seized a number of documents including fake and forged certificates from their possession.

The Central Bureau of Investigation says that it had received information that a number of employees at the hotel were getting employment and promotion in the hotel on the basis of forged educational certificates.