Hyderabad, May 14 -- Two individuals have been arrested by Hyderabad police for allegedly being involved in a fake educational certificate racket. A total of 36 fake certificates from various universities and two mobile phones were seized.

The accused have been identified as Syed Imran, alias Professor Zaker, 40, a home tutor from Talabkatta, and Mohd Khader, alias Junaid, 27, an unemployed youth from First Lancer. They were caught near Chacha Nehru Park, Masab Tank, while handing over the forged documents.

According to the police, Imran was the key player behind the racket, supplying fake educational certificates, while Khader was one of the clients who had procured a forged degree to pursue education abroad. Having dropped out of BTec...