Man booked for selling fake police appointment letters

The Rawalpindi police on Monday booked an alleged swindler for issuing fake appointment letters to police aspirants for money. Police officials said they had registered a case against the suspect, identified Zahid Basra, on the complaint lodged by a citizen, namely Samina Rand, in November 2020. In her complaint, the woman had informed the police that the suspect had obtained Rs150,000 from his son, promising that he would get him a job in the Islamabad police. Later, the suspect had handed over a fake recruitment letter to her son, she said. The complainant alleged that Zahid Basra had also taken Rs8,000 from his son on the pretext of a medical test. Furthermore, the suspect had filed pre-arrest bail pleas with a sessions court as well as a high court, the police said. However, both applications had been dismissed after which a case had been registered against the suspect, the police added. Published in The Express Tribune, February 2nd, 2021.

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