The various lives of ‘Arpit Singh’: One identify, six jobs & crores vanished from UP’s well being dept

One man, one state division, six completely different posts, and almost 10 years of deception. In keeping with a TOI, “Arpit Singh” made the not possible potential for 9 years in Uttar Pradesh's Well being Division by cashing in on Rs 69,595 as an X-ray technician in six completely different districts.

The rip-off unraveled solely when the state's Manav Sampada portal flagged an identical entries throughout a web-based verification drive.

What officers discovered was startling: six impostors, all utilizing the identical identify, father's identify, and date of delivery, had infiltrated the system with solid Aadhaar playing cards and cloned appointment letters. By the point the fraud got here to gentle, almost Rs 4.5 crore had been siphoned off.
The origins of this elaborate con return to 2016, when the UP Subordinate Companies Choice Fee appointed 403 candidates as X-ray technicians.

The true Arpit Singh from Agra, listed at serial quantity 80, was amongst them, TOI . However quickly after, counterfeit variations of his appointment letter surfaced, paving the best way for six impostors to safe postings in Balrampur, Farrukhabad, Banda, Rampur, Amroha, and Shamli.

For years, their paperwork appeared convincing sufficient to flee scrutiny, permitting the “many Arpits” to attract state salaries with out detection.When the fraud was lastly flagged, the gang had already melted away. Investigators discovered their houses locked and telephones switched off, leaving few leads. In keeping with the TOI Dr. Ranjana Khare, director (paramedical), has filed a proper grievance at Wazirganj police station naming the bogus recruits. The FIR lists a slew of costs below the Indian Penal Code, together with dishonest by impersonation (419), fraud (420), forgery of priceless safety (467), forgery for dishonest (468), and use of solid paperwork (471). DCP (West Zone) Vishwajeet Srivastava confirmed that service data and becoming a member of letters from all six districts are being collected as a part of the investigation.

Past the fraud itself, the scandal has touched off political sparring. The recruitment course of passed off in the course of the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Occasion authorities, giving opponents recent ammunition.

TOI additional reported that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered his deputy and well being minister, Brajesh Pathak, to make sure exemplary punishment and tighten oversight to forestall such scams from recurring.