Overview

• The case stems from a June 30 complaint by the deputy legal manager of Currency Note Press Nashik, leading Upnagar police to register a Zero FIR and transfer the matter to Powai police
• Investigators have invoked IPC provisions for cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy along with the Maharashtra Prevention of Malpractices Act as part of the ongoing inquiry
• Police are actively tracing the proxy candidates who sat for recruitment exams at the ION Digital Zone in Powai in 2022 and 2023
• Seven individuals from Bihar’s Nalanda district are accused of using dummy test-takers and submitting forged ITI and diploma certificates to secure positions
• No arrests have been made so far as authorities work to identify and apprehend all those involved in the impersonation scheme