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UP 'home guard' hoodwinks admin, works for 35 yrs on fake documents

The New Indian Express Bengaluru

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January 10, 2025

COCKING a snook at the government authorities, Nakdu Yadav of Azamgarh managed induction into UP Home Guards in 1989 as Nandlal Yadav with the help of fake documents which hid his identity as a habitual offender with many criminal cases, including under the Gangster Act, lodged against him between 1984 and 1989.

- NAMITA BAJPAI @ Lucknow

Nandlal Yadav, the nephew of Nakdu, recently revealed the fact after the latter managed to serve UP Home Guards for 35 years. Nakdu, now 57, has been arrested and sent to jail.

Azamgarh SP Hemraj Meena said on Thursday that Nakdu continued to serve in UPHG until he landed in jail in October last year in connection with a case of altercation with a neighbor.

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