BGS India Uncovers Multi-District Fake SC/ST Caste Certificate Racket in West Bengal

Accused Arpan Dutta and Ratish Debnath were arrested U/S 417/468/471 IPC for procuring and submitting a fake central format SC certificate with a forged signature of SDO Bidhannagar for the Staff Selection Commission (SSC CGL 2021) examination.

Written complaint lodged by SDO Barrackpore against Aditya Kumar Prasad, Ayush Prasad, Bikash Bhowmick, Satyajit Ray, and Abhijit Mandal. 2 accused arrested (Bikash Bhowmick & Rajat Kanti Mondal); charge sheet forwarded to the Detective Department (DD).

Accused Suvankar Majumder was arrested on 21.04.2024 and charge-sheeted on 21.09.2024 U/S 467/438/471/120B IPC for fraudulent caste certificates falsely claiming issuance by SDO Bidhannagar.

Show-cause notice (Memo 11231/SDO(G)) issued to Nandita Sarkar for holding fake Namasudra SC certificate A43496, directing unconditional surrender within 24 hours under Rule 5 of West Bengal SC/ST Identification Rules, 1995.

SDO Jangipur and CDPO Raghunathganj-II confirmed that candidate Serina Sultana applied for an Anganwadi post under ST category without any valid ST certificate; her candidature was summarily cancelled before viva-voce.

Inquiry by SDO Canning into allegations of fake caste certificates and primary school teaching posts; verified online portal castecertificatewb.gov.in confirming no record existed, initiating citizenship and document verification.