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Hindustan Times
05-06-2025
- Hindustan Times
Fake centre promising jobs busted in Mainpuri, 2 arrested
The Mainpuri police have busted a centre, promising jobs in government offices and in the Indian Army, running near Kisni town of Mainpuri district. The owner was arrested along with a lady assistant from Orissa on a complaint lodged by aggrieved students who came from Telangana state after being cheated in the name of a government job. Addressing a press conference, superintendent of police, Mainpuri, Ganesh Prasad Saha, told the media about the network operating after students and candidates coming from Telangana state lodged a complaint against the centre with the Mainpuri police. 'It was alleged that accused Arvind Kumar Pandey used to claim himself as retired army captain and had certain photographs through which he used to fool and cheat aspirants coming seeking jobs in the Indian army but were provided jobs mostly as security guards after grabbing cash of ₹2 - 3 lakh,' said Saha. 'Such a fake centre was run previously at Ghiror (Mainpuri), NOIDA, Uttarakhand at which students and aspirants from Telangana, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and Orissa used to come,' he said. 'A surveillance team was asked to verify the complaint and after tracing irregularities, a case was registered at Kisni police station under section 318(4) (cheating) of Bhartiya Nyayay Sanhita on complaint of Ashok, a resident of Ramchandrapur colony, within the limits of Kareem Nagar police station, in Telangana,' stated Saha. 'Dr Arvind Kumar Pandey was named as the accused, being the owner of the centre, Bhartiya Police Protection Force (BPPF). On May 4, Pandey, originally from Faridabad in Haryana but now residing in Mainpuri, was arrested along with Suchitra Senapati, from district Khurda in Orissa,' he said. Police recovered fake documents including fake joining letters, medical, affidavits, rent deed, agreements, Aadhar cards, sticker having Ashoka Chakra, uniform, mobile, tablet which revealed that accused had cheated 300 to 400 students or aspirants of jobs in govt offices and army, said police officers. 'Pandey was a habitual offender and had earlier run a fake toothpaste company and before the pandemic, had cheated girls aspiring to become Miss India. Pandey used to claim himself a retired captain from the army and had been prefixing 'Doctor' before his name on rubber stamps found from the centre and used Ashok Chakra in his correspondence,' stated the SP. 'After tracing such use of fake and forged material, the section 338 (forgery of valuable security), 336(3) (altering document with dishonest intent), 340(2) (use of forged electronic record), 205 (impersonating as public servant by wearing symbols) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, Section 11 of State Emblem of India (Prohibition of Improper Use) Act and Section 20(2) and 21 of Private Security Agencies (Regulation) Act,' the SP said. Police is searching for Prakash Kumar, claiming to be the treasurer of the centre.
Hindustan Times
18-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Another ghost SIM card racket exposed; POS agent held in Sitapur
While backtracking sources of pre-activated SIM cards, the state police have exposed another nexus of POS (point of sales) agents in Sitapur supplying SIM cards to criminals and terror operatives. On Thursday night, UP Special Task Force exposed a major nexus comprising telecom company employees and distributors involved in supplying over 10,000 SIM cards activated through unauthorised means to cyber criminals in Chitrakoot. Six people, including two territory sales executives of a prominent telecom firm, were arrested. In the Sitapur case, UP Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) on Friday carried out extensive searches to arrest POS agent Sant Ram, who allegedly sold 14 SIM cards that were issued on forged Aadhaar cards to terror operatives in 2022. The Sitapur police confirmed that the accused managed to escape but was later caught from Dhairacha Bazaar near the highway on Saturday morning. On Thursday, UP ATS inspector Arvind Kumar Pandey had lodged an FIR against Sant Ram, who ran a SIM card shop in Dhairacha Bazar under old Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 420 for cheating, 467 for forgery of valuable securities, 468 for forgery of document and 471 for using as genuine a forged document to issue SIM cards. According to the FIR, Sant Ram used the photograph of his ex-wife Shalu to prepare forged Aadhaar cards and issued SIM cards to criminal elements at higher prices after activating them. A senior ATS official said initial investigation revealed that Sant Ram sold 14 SIM cards to criminal and terror elements. The official confirmed that the SIM cards supplied to criminal and terror elements in Chitrakoot and Sitapur were from the same telecom company. 'We will issue notice to the telecom company and probe the role of its employees in promoting such illegal sale of SIM cards to achieve their targets and smaller monetary benefits,' he added. The STF officials said CBI, which has launched a nationwide crackdown to curb cybercrimes, has also carried out simultaneous raids in several districts of UP. Hathras ASP CN Sinha had confirmed that the CBI carried out raids at multiple places in Hathras to arrest preactivated SIM cards' suppliers on Friday.
Time of India
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
NER coach, players selected for Federation Cup Kabaddi C'ship
NER coach , players selected for Kabaddi C'ship: Arvind Kumar Pandey, coach of NER kabaddi team, has been appointed as observer for the Indian Railways team at Senior Federation Cup (Men's) Kabaddi Championship, to be held in Maharashtra from May 2. Besides, three players, Sunil Kumar, Pravesh, and Anil Kumar—will represent Indian Railways team, while Nitin Pawar will play for UP state team. TNN
