FIR against MP woman for working in edu dept for 3 decades on fake certs

IN a bizarre incident, a woman managed to work as a peon in Madhya Pradesh's education department for 29 years using fake Class V and Class VIII school mark-sheets and other false documents.

- ANURAAG SINGH

The matter came to light, after a complaint to the department's higher-ups in Bhopal, led to a probe by the district education officer (DEO-Katni), which ultimately unravelled the truth.

The probe found that 59-yearold Anisa Begum, who has been employed as a peon of the education department since 1995, used fake Class V and Class VIII mark-sheets and other documents to get the job in the department that year.