MP "teacher" held for cheating, forgery

Balaghat (MP), Jan 15 (PTI) A man who got a job ofgovernment teacher after furnishing a fake marksheet was todayarrested, police said.

Ashok Kumar Uike became assistant teacher of sciencein the Government Higher Secondary School at Dora here sometime back after furnishing a fake BSc course marksheet ofBundelkhand University, Jhansi, they said.

On the basis on the fake degree, he also tookadmission in the law degree course and wrote the tests, policesaid.

Uike was booked under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 468(forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine aforged document), among others, they added.