03-06-2025
Fake cert racket busted in Mizoram, 3 arrested
Aizawl: Three persons have been arrested in South Mizoram's Lunglei district in connection with a fake High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) marksheet scam after an applicant for a constable post was found using a fraudulent certificate during the ongoing police recruitment process.
On Sunday, police arrested C Lalduhoma, a Mizoram homeguard personnel and aspirant for the constable position, after the Lunglei district police constable recruitment board discovered that the mark sheet he presented during his personal interview was fake.
Lalduhoma reportedly admitted to purchasing the fraudulent certificate for Rs 12,000 from PC Zonunmawii, a resident of Ramthar locality in Lunglei town.
Following his arrest, Zonunmawii confessed to selling the fake certificate but denied creating it, instead pointing to Lalrohluzuala Sailo, another resident of Ramthar neighbourhood. Police subsequently arrested Sailo at his residence, where they allegedly seized incriminating documents, a laptop, and a smartphone.
Speaking to TOI over the phone on Tuesday, Lunglei district superintendent of police Jerome Lalmuankima Hmar said Sailo's laptop and mobile phone will undergo thorough examination, which is expected to uncover further details about the fake certificate racket.
