Directorate: Fake Modi admit card bid to discredit CRPF

Lucknow: The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) directorate, Delhi, on Saturday described the admit card fiasco as a mischievous attempt to discredit the online registration system for recruitment in the force.
TOI had exposed how an applicant had submitted the name and photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as details of the candidate for the post of head constable (Ministerial) and was issued an admit card for physical standard test (PST) held at CRPF Group Centre in Rampur.The CRPF directorate said the fake application was submitted online for vacancies that were publicized and the eligible candidates were required to fill in the details, after which admit cards were auto-generated online. CRPF public relations officer (PRO), BC Khanduri said over 10 lakh applications were received for which admit cards were generated and candidates were allotted 37 recruitment designated centres across the country including the one at Rampur.
The directorate said one applicant did provide fake details but the discrepancy was detected before the PST was held and was cancelled. Expectedly, no one appeared with the particular admit card for document verification on the allotted date. The directorate said since the admit card was available online, a mischievous candidate could have downloaded the admit card with a photograph and the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discredit CRPF'S online registration system.
Though the CRPF directorate claimed that the fake admit card was cancelled well in time, it was available on CRPF's official website till TOI reported the goof on July 22, with the screenshots of the admit card barely days after the PST was held at Rampur on July 15, 2016.