The Central Bureau of Investigation has booked a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer for allegedly clearing the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination under an assumed identity and joining the service based on forged educational certificates, as he had overshot the upper age limit. The accused, Naveet Kumar alias Rajesh Kumar Sharma, is currently a Deputy Commissioner with the CGST & Central Excise in the East Zone of Kolkata. Initial probe revealed that Mr. Kumar, son of Jay Narayan Sharma, got selected through the UPSC examination, conducted in 2007. However, the CBI found that there was one Rajesh Kumar Sharma, son of Jay Narayan Sharma, with the same residential address. “....Bihar Vidyalaya Pariksha Samiti has not cooperated in providing the required details of Navneet Kumar,” says the FIR.

Source: The Hindu October 11, 2019 10:12 UTC