'Third Anamika' arrested by Aligarh police from Kanpur Dehat

AGRA: The ongoing investigations in UP's Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) teachers' appointment scam has led to the arrest of another woman who had allegedly claimed a consolidated salary of Rs 95,350 using the name of Anamika Shukla. She is the third woman to be arrested, so far, in the scam in which 25 women were appointed as science teachers under the same name.
The third Anamika - identified as Babli Yadav - was arrested by Aligarh police on Saturday, almost a week after the first Anamika (Supriya) was arrested from Kasganj on June 6.All 25 women involved in the KGBC appointment scam got jobs in the past one year using forged documents in the name of Anamika, said police.
After her arrest, Babli disclosed the identities of two more Anamikas, including that of her sister-in-law Sarita Yadav, who was appointed in Allahabad's Soraon block, while the second woman lives close to her house in Kanpur (Dehat) and was appointed in Baghpat's KGBV, said police.
A science graduate, Babli told police that she had paid Rs 3 lakh to the main accused, Pushpendra Yadav, for her appointment at Aligarh's KGBV. Babli claimed that she met Yadav through a woman, Rajbeti, whom she had met at a medical centre in Kannauj. Incidentally, Babli's brother-in-law Ballu Yadav was also known to Pushpendra as both hail from Mainpuri, said police.
Babli claimed that she was provided with all fake documents, including Aadhaar Card, at the time of counselling in Aligarh. A fake bank account was also opened at Central Bank's Rasulabad branch in the name of Anamika Shukla, said police, adding that she was appointed at Bijauli block's school on October 21, 2019.
Aligarh superintendent of police (crime) Arvind Kumar said that all her claims were being verified. "Teams are being formed to nab the accused involved in the scam," said the SP, adding that an FIR was registered against the accused under various sections of the IPC.
Aligarh basic shiksha adhikari (BSA) Laxmikant Pandey, meanwhile, told TOI that Babli had sent her resignation on WhatsApp on May 25 after the department called her for the verification of her documents. Later, she also sent her resignation by a registered post, he added.