Jalandhar: Punjab police have busted a racket of fake International English Language Testing System (IELTS) certificates.
These certificates are given by the British Council and are necessary for those wanting to pursue education in the UK.
Sarabjeet Kaur, who is in police custody now, used to sell fake IELTS certificates.
Sarabjeet was arrested after Avtar Singh, a resident of Sheetal Nagar, Jalandhar, lodged a complaint saying he paid her more than Rs one lakh for a fake IELTS certificate.
The police arrested five others, including an assistant sub-inspector from Ludhiana.
"We arrested Sarbjeet and two of her accomplices from Ludhiana and recovered two fake IELTS certificates and Rs 80,000," Kulwinder Singh, DSP, said.
Many youngsters in Punjab aspire to go to the UK and Canada. The craze is such that a number of IELTS training institutes have opened shop across the state. Jalandhar itself has 60 such centres.
"IELTS is necessary to go abroad for study but some people are misleading students and agents are being benefited by these kinds of people," Jaswinder Singh, head, International Study Zone, said.
While others arrested by the police are acknowledging their role in the racket, Sarabjeet is denying any wrongdoing.
"I am innocent I have not done any wrong. I am doing this work for the last three years but only for admissions to matric and plus two classes," Sarbjeet said.
The accused have been remanded to police custody. Investigations are now on to net others in the racket.
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