BJP MP, son booked over fake caste certificate info

Ashoknagar, December 23

BJP MP KP Yadav, who defeated Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia in the Lok Sabha polls, and his son have been booked for allegedly furnishing wrong information to get a “non-creamy layer OBC” certificate, police said on Monday.

The FIR was registered late on Saturday at Kotwali police station in Madhya Pradesh’s district under IPC Sections 420 (cheating), 120B (criminal conspiracy), 181 (false statement) and 182 (furnishing false information), said SP Pankaj Kumawat.

ASP Sunil Shivhare said the FIR was registered on the basis of an inquiry report of Mungaoli SDM. The inquiry was conducted following a complaint filed by local resident, Giriraj Yadav, he said.

The income limit for a person from the Other Backward Classes under the non-creamy layer was Rs 6 lakh till 2017, which was later increased to Rs 8 lakh.

In 2014, Yadav allegedly furnished wrong information to the authorities concerned to get the non-creamy layer certificate, as per the Sub-divisional Magistrate’s inquiry report. Yadav defeated Scindia from Guna Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh earlier this year.

His son Sarthak also allegedly furnished wrong information to get the non-creamy layer certificate in July this year, the report said.

The information submitted by Yadav and his son to get the non-creamy layer OBC certificate was different from the Guna MP’s assets and income declaration in different election affidavits, it said. — PTI