LUCKNOW, Dec. 22 -- At least three men arrested in Gomti Nagar on Saturday allegedly ran an interstate forgery operation that supplied fake degrees from 25 universities to job seekers across multiple states, with police recovering 923 forged certificates and Rs.2 lakh in cash from their possession.

Acting on a tip-off, Lucknow police's eastern zone crime and surveillance team arrested the trio who allegedly charged between Rs.25,000 and Rs.4 lakh per degree. "The team recovered 923 fake certificates, 15 forged university seals, laptops, hard disks, printers, registers and Rs.2 lakh in cash," said DCP East Shashank Singh.

An FIR has been registered at Gomti Nagar police station under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS)...