Ballia, June 12: A government primary school teacher was arrested on Monday for allegedly fabricating a fraudulent birth certificate when he entered the service in 1999, police said.
“An FIR has been registered against Brajnath Ram under IPC sections 419 (punishment for cheating by personation) and 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) on the basis of a complaint by block education officer Madhavendra Pandey,” Mohammad Faheemm, Circle officer, Rasra, stated.
Pandey said in his complaint that Ram was assigned as an assistant instructor. He secured the job by lying that his birthday is December 1, 1960. When the department looked into the situation, it was discovered that he was born on December 1, 1953. Since 1999, the accused had been employed as an assistant teacher at a primary school.
Meanwhile, Maniram Singh, the Ballia Basic Education Officer, has confirmed that the instructor has been fired.
