Mohali, Sept. 20 -- The police have registered a case against Amir Singh, father-in-law of former Punjab police AIG Malvinder Singh Sidhu's daughter, for allegedly securing a government job using a fake caste certificate. Amir, a resident of Phase 10, Mohali, had obtained employment in the Punjab Police Housing Corporation in 1995 on the basis of a forged document. He has since retired.

The FIR, registered at Phase-11 police station, invokes Sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), and 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The action was taken on the directions of the Punjab government's reservation cell, which has been examining multiple complaints about the misuse of fake caste certificates in governm...