3 held in fake certificate case in Puducherry

They are Seshachalam, 58, Katterikuppam VAO; Ramamoorth, 55, an agent of Dharmapuri in Iyyankuttipalayam; and Murugasamy, 65, of Pillayarkuppam.

October 30, 2014 10:32 am | Updated May 23, 2016 06:39 pm IST - PUDUCHERRY:

The Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department (CB-CID) on Wednesday arrested three persons, including a village administrative officer, in the fake certificate scam case.

They are Seshachalam, 58, Katterikuppam VAO; Ramamoorth, 55, an agent of Dharmapuri in Iyyankuttipalayam; and Murugasamy, 65, of Pillayarkuppam.

The government suspended two deputy tahsildars, two Revenue Inspectors and two VAOs for having certified six students from Tamil Nadu as Puducherry residents to help them get admission to private medical colleges.

The CB-CID police have registered cases against 26 persons, including revenue officials, six students and their parents and agents who acted as mediators between the officials and the students.

Police sources said Seshachalam had issued fake certificates of nativity to C. Dhyaneswaran of Sivakasi, A. Kanimozhi of Villupuram and T. Subhashini of Vazhudavoor in Tamil Nadu.

Preliminary investigation revealed that Ramamoorthy, an agent, helped one of the students get fake certificates, while Murugasamy provided his family ration card and other documents to make it out that a student had taken his house on rent.

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