To get UK visa, Rajouri teacher forges signature, suspended

Shyam Sood

Rajouri, October 18

The Rajouri chief education officer (CEO) has suspended a government teacher and initiated an inquiry against him for submitting no-objection and salary certificates with forged signature/stamp of the CEO and zonal education officer (ZEO) to the British High Commission in New Delhi to get a UK visa.

CEO Choudhary Lal Hussain brought the matter into the notice of the senior officers of the department, district development commissioner and senior superintendent of police (SSP) for further action.

The matter came to light when the entry clearance assistant, enrichment unit, UK Visas and Immigration, British High Commission, New Delhi, sent an email to the CEO for the verification of the no-objection and salary certificates submitted by the accused teacher.

“After going through the email, I found my forged signature/stamp on the no-objection certificate. Both the certificates were also sent to the ZEO concerned for the authentication of the signatures and genuineness of the documents,” the CEO added.

He said vide his office letter dated October 10, 2018, ZEO Baljarallan informed that he had not issued anysuch certificate and his signature/stamp was also fake.

“The teacher has been placed under suspension, chargesheeted and attached with the principal at a higher secondary school in Chingus till the inquiry is pending. The SSP has also been informed to take necessary action in this matter,” the CEO added.

Sources said the accused teacher identified as Mohammed Mustaffa, posted in primary school at Farwala under the Baljarallan education zone, was at large since the matter came to light.

They said the teacher reportedly had links with agents involved in arranging visas on monetary considerations. “No case has yet been registered in this matter so far,” a senior police officer said.