Thiruvananthapuram: Six youths from Uttar Pradesh have been taken into police custody for allegedly producing fake domicile documents, including Aadhaar cards, during an ongoing Army recruitment rally in Thiruvananthapuram.
The forgery came to light as Army recruiting officials detected that documents submitted by two of the qualified candidates on Saturday, were 'not genuine', a defence press release said.
When questioned, it came to light that four others from the state had also come to participate in the rally with forged documents, but had failed to pass the physical test.
Defence sources said that the six candidates had appeared for the rally on Saturday.
Their certificates and documents were closely verified and it was found that the documents and Aadhaar cards showing they were natives of Kollam were fake.
Military Intelligence personnel and police were immediately informed.
After the interviews, recruiting officials sent the documents to the respective local police stations, Education Board and sports authorities to physically verify their genuineness to further plug any kind of fake entries to the Army, the release said.
A total of 31,000 persons had applied online for the rally, defence sources said.
The forgery came to light as Army recruiting officials detected that documents submitted by two of the qualified candidates on Saturday, were 'not genuine', a defence press release said.
When questioned, it came to light that four others from the state had also come to participate in the rally with forged documents, but had failed to pass the physical test.
Defence sources said that the six candidates had appeared for the rally on Saturday.
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Their certificates and documents were closely verified and it was found that the documents and Aadhaar cards showing they were natives of Kollam were fake.
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Military Intelligence personnel and police were immediately informed.
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After the interviews, recruiting officials sent the documents to the respective local police stations, Education Board and sports authorities to physically verify their genuineness to further plug any kind of fake entries to the Army, the release said.
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A total of 31,000 persons had applied online for the rally, defence sources said.
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