ALLAHABAD: In a major breakthrough, the UP Special Task Force of the UP Police has revealed the mystery behind who had sent the fake e-mail to incumbents ahead of interview call for various positions in the Allahabad University. Accused Ram Prakash Singh had sent fake mails to all the incumbents informing that the interview had been called off as a result nobody had turned up for the interview call. As planned, Singh was the only incumbent present on the day of interview which had naturally raised a suspicion among the authorities and later a probe was constituted as the others began to complain.

Sleuths of the STF have cracked the case wherein some unidentified person had tried to derail the recruitment process for the post of placement officer at the Allahabad University. The involved person had sent a mail to all the 28 applicants for the post informing them that the interviews, scheduled for March 27 has been cancelled.

Initially, Singh had been selected unopposed. The probe found Singh guilty. Sleuths of the STF have cracked the case wherein some unidentified person had tried to derail the recruitment process for the post of placement officer at the Allahabad University. The involved person had sent a mail  from ID registrarauall@gmail.com to all the 28 applicants for the post informing them that the interviews, scheduled for March 27 has been cancelled.

Additional SP, STF, Triveni Singh said that one of the applicants, RP Singh, a resident of GTB Nagar Kereli, created an identical ID as that of the official ID of AU and informed all the applicants that the interviews have been cancelled. Things were brought to light when one of the applicants called the director FRC (Faculty Recruitment Cell) of AU, Prof Anupam Dikshit, asking him for the clarification on the said mail on the night of March 24. Prof Dikshit immediately informed all the applicants that the interviews would be held as per the announced schedule.

Later, university authorities lodged an FIR following which the STF started probing the case. R P Singh, the person who has been arrested in the case by STF, had passed BSc from AU and had also done his MBA from AU as well. "The involved person told us that he had created an identical ID of AU and sent the mail to all the applicants so that none would turn up for the interview and as such he would be the only applicant left for the interview and thus stands good chances of getting selected," said Triveni Singh.

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