Overview
- Sonu, 27, a contractual MCD gardener in Karol Bagh, was arrested on October 30 in Tagore Garden after police traced calls linked to forged directives.
- He allegedly found an original CM Office letter in the MCD dak months ago and used it to create copies to secure EWS admissions for a fee.
- Police say he impersonated an official named Balbir Singh Rathee in calls to hospitals and charged ₹5,000 per patient for the fraudulent letters.
- The scheme surfaced when Maharaja Agrasen Hospital flagged errors and the CMO filed a complaint, leading to seizures of forged letters, an original letterhead, fake IDs, a phone with call records, and a motorcycle with tampered plates.
- Investigators say at least five hospitals received such letters — Action Balaji, Maharaja Agrasen, BLK Max, Mata Chanan Devi, and Sir Ganga Ram — and a case for forgery and impersonation has been registered as the probe continues.