3 Old Delhi business families under scanner for submitting forged special needs certificates for school admission

Police said all disability three certificates claimed that the children had 41% hearing impairment and had been issued by the Lok Nayak Hospital. “Verification showed that the hospital had not issued any of the certificates,” said the officer.

Three business families from Old Delhi are under police scanner for allegedly submitting forged disability certificates and recommendation letters to secure admission for their children under the Children with Special Needs (CwSN) category at a prominent Chanakyapuri school for the 2026-27 academic session.

According to the police, the identities of the families have been established and it is being probed whether they prepared the documents themselves or approached someone to procure the forged certificates.

The three children – aged four, five and six – had sought admission to Nursery under the CwSN category. “The certificates appeared almost identical, which raised suspicion at the school,” an officer said.

Police said all disability three certificates claimed that the children had 41% hearing impairment and had been issued by the Lok Nayak Hospital. “Verification showed that the hospital had not issued any of the certificates,” said the officer.

The families also allegedly submitted recommendation letters purportedly issued by the Directorate of Education. These too were found to be forged, police said.

The school had approached Delhi Police on September 16 seeking verification of the documents. Following verification, police registered an FIR under sections 318(2) (cheating), 337 (forgery of records or public registers), 340(2) (using a forged document as genuine) and 61(2) (criminal conspiracy) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

The episode has echoes of a 2018 case involving the same school, when businessman Gaurav Goel was arrested following a complaint by Sanskriti School over an alleged attempt to secure his son’s admission under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category.

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Goel had allegedly shown a slum near Sanjay Camp as his residence and submitted fake EWS, income-tax and residence documents. He reportedly claimed to work at an MRI centre and earn Rs 67,000 annually.

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