12 more teachers under STF scanner

Lucknow: In the ongoing verification of documents of all teachers in government schools ordered by chief minister Yogi Adityanath following TOI report about how 25 women got appointed using educational certificates of one Anamika Shukhla, the UP Special Task Force has found 12 more such cases.
In Gonda, UP STF has come across one Mrityunjay Mishra, a government teacher for past 10 years, but could not be traced at the address given by him in government records.STF has found 12 more such instances.
Basic Shiksha Adhikari, Gonda, Indrajeet Prajapati said a probe was conducted on STF inputs.
“During probe it surfaced that Mrityunjay had got job of primary teacher in 2010 in Sravasti. In 2014, he was promoted to senior section and transferred to Gonda in 2016,” said Prajapati.
In 2017, Mrityunjay joined as a senior teacher in Colonelganj.
“We did not find any person by the name of Mrityunjay Mishra on the address mentioned in records and so lodged an FIR,” he added. Police teams are tracking the offender.
A senior STF officer said 12 other instances of applicants using someone else’s marksheet to get job were detected are being probed. These 12 are currently working in Deoria, Maharajganj, Gonda, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Balrampur, Hardoi and Unnao districts.
The Basic Shiksha Adhikaris of these districts are conducting probe and if anyone is found to have used academic documents of someone to secure job fraudulently will be booked, said STF officials.