Source : INDIA TODAY NEWS
A man allegedly used fake experience and salary documents to land a senior position at an automobile company in Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior, claiming he had previously worked for a major business group and earned nearly Rs 2.8 lakh a month.
According to police, Devendra Kumar Dubey joined Shritulja Bhawani Automobiles Pvt Ltd as a Group Vice President on August 20, 2025.
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He allegedly submitted an experience certificate and a bank statement purportedly showing his employment with Landmark Group and a monthly salary of Rs 2,80,670.
The documents allegedly convinced the company that Dubey had held a senior position at Landmark Group and was drawing a salary of nearly Rs 3 lakh a month. Based on his claimed experience and credentials, he was appointed to the senior role.
The alleged fraud did not stop there. Police said the company’s management was satisfied with Dubey’s performance after he joined. His responsibilities were subsequently expanded and he was given charge as Group CEO (After Sales).
Dubey continued working at the company for around nine months before resigning in May 2026. It was his resignation and the subsequent full-and-final settlement process that allegedly exposed the discrepancy in his employment records.
FAKE EMPLOYMENT CLAIM COMES UNDER SCRUTINY
After Dubey resigned, the company’s HR team began verifying his previous employment and salary documents as part of the full-and-final settlement process.
The company contacted Landmark Group to verify Dubey’s claimed employment there. According to police, the verification found that Dubey had never worked for the group and there was no employment record in his name.
The bank statement showing a monthly salary of Rs 2,80,670 also came under scrutiny. Police said the documents submitted by Dubey were allegedly fabricated and bore his signatures.
The company subsequently informed its management about the alleged discrepancies and approached the Gwalior Crime Branch.
POLICE REGISTER CASE
Following the complaint, the Gwalior Crime Branch registered a case against Dubey under provisions relating to cheating and the preparation and use of forged documents.
By the time the case was registered, Dubey had left Gwalior. Police began tracking him and eventually received information about his location in Kanpur through technical surveillance.
A Crime Branch team travelled to Kanpur and traced him to Vaishnavi Kuti in the Panki police station area, according to police. Dubey was arrested during a raid and brought back to Gwalior.
He was produced before a court and subsequently sent to jail.
POLICE PROBE HOW DOCUMENTS WERE CREATED
The Crime Branch is now investigating how the alleged fake experience certificate and bank statement were prepared.
Investigators are also examining whether anyone else helped Dubey create or use the documents. Police are looking into whether the documents were prepared specifically to secure the automobile company job or had allegedly been used for employment elsewhere as well.
Crime Branch station in-charge Amit Sharma said Dubey had secured the job on the basis of an allegedly fake bank statement and experience certificate. He was arrested in Kanpur and is being questioned, police said.
RESIGNATION LEADS TO ALLEGED FRAUD BEING UNCOVERED
The case came to light only after Dubey resigned and the company began verifying his previous employment during the settlement process.
Had the verification not been carried out, the alleged discrepancy in his employment history may have remained undetected for longer. Police are now trying to establish the complete chain behind the alleged forgery, including where the documents were prepared, how they were used and whether anyone else was involved.
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SOURCE :- TIMES OF INDIA
