A recruitment fraud has come to light in the Bank Note Printing Press (BNP) Dewas, Madhya Pradesh, after it was found that a candidate secured a government job by using a proxy in the recruitment examination.

According to sources, on May 26, an officer at BNP Dewas appeared at the local police station and submitted a complaint against a candidate, Sarwan Kumar, alleging that he had used a proxy to clear the online examination for the post of Junior Technician conducted on August 2, 2021.

The application revealed that Kumar, with the help of an associate identified as Deepak Kumar, committed fraud by impersonation, police sources said.