The investigation into fraudulent appointments in Uttar Pradesh’s Basic Education Department has gathered pace, with eight more teachers booked in Sitapur district for allegedly securing jobs using forged documents, officials said on Tuesday. Fake teacher recruitment scam deepens in UP: Eight more booked in Sitapur The FIRs were registered across Biswan, Sakran and Rausa police stations over the past three days following a complaint by block education officer Omkar Singh, signalling a widening crackdown on irregular recruitments. “Two cases each were lodged in Biswan and Sakran, while four were filed in Rausa between March 22 and 24,” Singh emphasized. Those named in the latest FIRs include Manoj Kumar, Rajat Chaudhary and Kumari Vinesh from Iglas in Aligarh; Yogesh Kumar, Mukesh Kumar and Narendra Singh Tomar from Hathras; and Bhupendra Singh and Murari Singh from Mathura. Earlier, two other teachers from Iglas—Murari Lal Rawat and Jai Narayan—had also been booked in similar cases. Officials said the cases stem from alleged irregularities in the 12,460 assistant teacher recruitment process, in which at least 21 candidates in Sitapur …