At least four job aspirants have been arrested on the charges of submitting fake educational certificates to secure postal jobs in Jeypore of Koraput district.
As per reports, the accused aspirants had submitted fake certificates for the recruitment of Gramin dak sevaks. The accused have been identified as Gopal Krushna Pattnaik and Dami Harijan of Nabarangpur, Sarathi Halba of Koraput, and Kishore Khara of Malkangiri district.
All of them had applied for the post of branch postmaster and assistant branch postmaster, sources said. The matter came to light during the document verification of the aspirants. Later, the postal department authorities lodged a formal complaint with Jeypore Town Police.
It is pertinent to mention here that incidents of aspirants submitting fake certificates to secure various jobs have come to light from different parts of the state after a major racket was busted in the Bolangir district.
OTV had first reported the massive irregularities of the fake certificate racket in the Bolangir district.