Mumbai: Borivli ‘educational consultants’ arrested for selling fake university certificates, scores

MUMBAI: Two persons running an educational consultancy were arrested when the city crime branch busted a major racket in supplying fake certificates of various accredited institutes for Rs 1-2 lakh. The accused have so far sold more than 80 fake certificates, said the police.
Ravindra Morya and Pritesh Jain, proprietors of Prime Sapphire Education in Borivli, were arrested by crime branch unit 11, which recovered around 200 fake certificates and mark sheets of various private institutes approved by the University Grants Commission (UGC) in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, UP, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.
The accused have been booked under various IPC sections for cheating, forgery and breach of trust. Four mobile phones, a laptop, two hard disks, pen drives and cash of Rs 1.1 lakh were recovered.
Based on a tip-off, the crime branch send a decoy customer with Rs 1.3 lakh to the Sapphire Education office opposite Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli, said deputy commissioner of police (crime-1) Sangramsingh Nishandar. The decoy told them that he needed a passing certificate from Sabarmati University in Gujarat.
“The student also asked for a mark sheet of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam University, Madhya Pradesh. The accused said though he had never attended any lecture, he would get good marks and pass in the mark sheet they would give. No sooner did the accused accept the money, our team raided the place and detained the two accused. Search of their office resulted in recovery of 200 fake certificates of various private institutions and other electronic goods,” said Nishandar.