India, June 22 -- The MRA Marg police on Thursday registered an FIR based on a complaint of the Security Printing Press and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL), alleging that at least seven candidates, who appeared for their competitive examinations between 2019 and 2023, had used dummy candidates. The complaint stated that the alleged malpractice came to light when the candidates joined duty but their faces were found to be different from the photographs of the candidates taken at the time of the examinations.

The police said that four of the seven, who were on probation, had been sacked, while three, who were confirmed in permanent jobs, had been suspended pending departmental proceedings.

The FIR was registered based on a compl...