Woman Arrives at Delhi Police Academy with Fake Appointment Letter, Triggers Probe into Recruitment Scam

A Khurja woman, Bulandshahar (Uttar Pradesh), reported for duty at the Delhi Police Academy on 17 May, believing it was the beginning of her new employment as a constable. She produced an appointment letter that she thought was real. But employees at the academy soon discovered it to be false, TOI said.

The letter, whose signature was that of a top police officer, had no official basic components such as a letter number and barcode. The envelope it was addressed in also seemed suspicious, it had government and speed post stamps, but no functional stamps, barcodes, or post office seals.

According to the TOI report, the woman alleged that she had given the written test in Meerut in 2022, the physical test in Ghaziabad, and the medical in Delhi. However, academy officials did not find any record of her in the recruitment register.

A sub-inspector subsequently established that there had been no such letter issued, and the IPS official whose name was on the letter was not working as DCP (Recruitment) on the date specified.

Police suspect it to be part of a larger recruitment fraud. "This appears to be the handiwork of an organized gang," the inspector who made the complaint said to TOI.

A case has been registered at the Dwarka police station under sections 336(3) (forgery), 340(2) (use of forged documents), and 62 (attempt to commit offences) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

A senior officer told TOI that further investigation is underway to verify the woman’s claims and to identify those behind the possible forgery racket.