Overview

• Adilabad district police arrested facilitators Shaik Kaleem, Shaik Fareed and Jadhav Gajanand from Islampur village in Ichoda mandal after routine document verification exposed forgeries
• ASP Kajal Singh said the trio forged Aadhaar cards, residence certificates and SSC marks memos for nine aspirants from Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan in exchange for ₹9 lakh
• Kaleem and Fareed confessed to forging official signatures and forming a gang to profit from quota applications for CAPFs and CISF jobs
• During questioning, Gajanand admitted extorting ₹20,000 from his associates by threatening to expose their scheme
• Authorities have registered cases under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and an investigation into the broader forgery network is underway