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Barmer Home Guard Recruitment Scam: 17 Candidates Booked for Submitting Fake Certificates
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News18•04-10-2026, 11:01
Barmer Home Guard Recruitment Scam: 17 Candidates Booked for Submitting Fake Certificates
- •A major fraud has been exposed in the Border Home Guard recruitment 2022 in Barmer, Rajasthan, involving 17 candidates.
- •Candidates submitted fake certificates for sports, scouts, ITI, and computer training to gain bonus marks for government jobs.
- •The scam was uncovered when the department thoroughly verified the submitted documents, revealing 17 fake certificates.
- •Deep Singh, Additional Administrative Officer, filed a complaint against 17 candidates at Kotwali police station, leading to an investigation.
- •One candidate also submitted a fake Scheduled Caste (SC) certificate, despite belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category, to gain undue reservation advantage.
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The scam was exposed after the department thoroughly verified the candidates' documents and found that certificates submitted for bonus marks were completely fake, prompting Deep Singh to lodge a complaint against 17 candidates.
There was no written examination for selection in the Home Guard Volunteer Recruitment 2022 process. Selection depended entirely on physical efficiency and marks obtained from various qualifications like sports, scouts, ITI, and computer training.
Aside from fake sports, scout, ITI, and computer certificates, investigation revealed that one candidate submitted a fake Scheduled Caste (SC) category certificate to gain undue reservation benefits, even though they originally belonged to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category.
