Archive · 11 Dec 2025
Fake freedom fighter certificates kingpin arrested in UP
Police in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh, arrested a man named Sanjay Dubey for making fake freedom fighter certificates.
These fake certificates were used to get into medical colleges and get government jobs.
Dubey and his nephew, Pradeep, charged a lot of money for these fake certificates.
The police found out about this fraud when they were checking documents for new police recruits.
Dubey has been doing this for almost 10 years and has a network in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
He has been to jail before for similar cases.
The police are still looking for Pradeep and other people involved.
Police arrested Sanjay Dubey, the mastermind behind a fake freedom fighter certificates racket in Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh.
The certificates were used to secure admissions in medical colleges and government jobs under reserved quotas.
Dubey and his nephew, Pradeep, charged lakhs of rupees for forging these certificates.
The racket had been operating for nearly 10 years with a network across Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
Dubey was previously jailed in Satna and Katni districts for similar offenses, and Pradeep is still absconding.
- Who
- Sanjay Dubey and his nephew Pradeep
- What
- Arrest of the kingpin of a fake freedom fighter certificates racket
- When
- December 11
- Where
- Gyanpur area, Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh
- Why
- To secure admissions and government jobs under reserved quotas
- Location
- Bhadohi, Uttar Pradesh
- Date of Arrest
- December 11
- Mastermind
- Sanjay Dubey
- Nephew Involved
- Pradeep
- Duration of Racket
- Nearly 10 years
- Charges Filed Under
- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita
- Purpose of Certificates
- Admissions and government jobs