Odisha: Seven arrested in fake certificate racket

Malkangiri: With the arrest of seven persons, police Thursday claimed to have busted a fake certificate racket in Odisha`s Malkangiri district. While two persons were arrested from Anantpur in Soro area in Balasore district, five others were taken into custody in Malkangiri yesterday, police sources said Thursday.

A police team raided a DTP centre at Anantapur and arrested two persons and the remaining five were arrested from Malkangiri, the sources said. The racket involved sale of HSC and Plus 2 certificates for Rs 10,000 and Rs 25,000 since 2007. Some of the fake certificate holders were appointed in government organisations and some were still continuing their studies, they said. PTI