3 Old Delhi business families under scanner for submitting forged special needs certificates for school admission

Three prominent business families in Old Delhi are currently under police investigation for allegedly submitting forged disability certificates and recommendation letters to secure admission for their children in the Children with Special Needs (CwSN) category at a prestigious Chanakyapuri school for the 2026-27 academic year. The police are investigating whether the families prepared the forged documents themselves or hired someone to obtain them.

The three children, aged four, five and six, applied for Nursery admission under the CwSN category. The forged certificates claimed the children had 41% hearing impairment, but verification revealed that the Lok Nayak Hospital, which issued the certificates, had not issued any of them. Furthermore, the families presented forged recommendation letters purportedly from the Directorate of Education, which also turned out to be fake.

The school had sought verification of the documents on September 16 and consequently, police registered a First Information Report (FIR) under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. This case bears similarities to a 2018 incident involving the same school, where businessman Gaurav Goel was arrested after his attempt to secure his son's admission under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category using forged documents, including claiming residence in a slum and a meager income of Rs 67,000.