the face A private teacher was arrested in Gujarat’s Surat on Tuesday for allegedly being a scientist of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Police officials gave this information.
He said that the man had given an interview to the media in Surat and claimed to be a scientist and claimed to have designed the lander module for the lunar mission ‘Chandrayaan-3’.
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Officials said the accused, Mitul Trivedi, is around 30 years old and was posing as an ISRO scientist to attract more students for his tuition classes in Surat city.
An official said the complaint was filed against Trivedi after he was seen giving an interview to local media on August 23 after the successful landing of the Vikram lander on the lunar surface, claiming to be the design of the Chandrayaan-3 module. He said that Trivedi allegedly presented himself as “Assistant Chairman” of ISRO’s “Ancient Science Application Division” and also created a fake appointment letter.
“A thorough investigation revealed that the person was not in any way associated with ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 mission and had falsely claimed to be an ISRO employee,” the police said in a statement. Reputation of Bengaluru-headquartered organization.
Accordingly, the Surat City Crime Branch registered a case against the accused under sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery with intent to defraud), and 471 (forgery of documents). ) has registered an FIR.
Additional Commissioner of Police Sharad Singhal said that Trivedi was a private teacher, who was posing as an ISRO scientist in front of the media to attract more students to his tuition classes.
He said, “We approached ISRO which said that prima facie the letter shown by the accused was not issued by it. The space agency will soon send a detailed reply.
When asked why he presented himself as a scientist, Singhal said the accused runs tuition classes and making such a claim would have helped him attract more students. “He claimed to have B.Com and M.Com degrees,” said a police officer.