Harpreet Singh Bhatia, the captain of Chhattisgarh’s Ranji Trophy crew, has been charged with acquiring a place within the workplace of principal accountant common audit within the state by presenting solid credentials, as was confirmed by the Police on Thursday.
An official claimed that the Vidhan Sabha police had filed a grievance in opposition to the 30-year-old Bhatia, a local of Balod district, for supposedly utilizing a counterfeit mark sheet to amass a job as an auditor/accountant within the Indian Audit Accounts Division Workplace of the Principal Accountant Basic Audit.
As per the Deccan Herald, the official knowledgeable that the division had sought candidates from the cricket cadre for the place of auditor/accountant in 2014. Bhatia was invited for discipline trials after a preliminary evaluation of the verified paperwork he offered and was picked within the possible checklist of candidates primarily based on his efficiency throughout the trials.
Bhatia handed the trials however solid paperwork
The official additionally knowledgeable that throughout the time of the method, Bhatia had submitted a B.Com diploma certificates from the Bundelkhand College, Jhansi. When the division linked with the authorities on the college, it got here to note that no such diploma was issued to Bhatia. The reckoning then led to the grievance being filed with the Vidhan Sabha Police Station in opposition to the cricketer.
In response to the official, a case has been filed underneath sections 420 (dishonest), 467 (forgery), and different pertinent legal guidelines of the Indian Penal Code, and the matter is being investigated. Bhatia performed the U-19 World Cup for India as he represented the nation in 2010. Bhatia has additionally represented the Kolkata Knight Riders in 2010 within the Indian Premier League. He was later roped in by the Pune Warriors in 2011 and has additionally represented the Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2017.
This 12 months, the Chhattisgarh’s Ranji crew was unable to make it to the knockout stage and was eradicated within the league rounds. The knockout rounds, which embody the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the finals are set to start on June 6 with the ultimate conflict to be performed from June 22-26.
