FIR filed after a fake letter reaches DPI

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: An FIR was registered after a fake letter in the name of Karnataka government's principal secretary was sent to the office of the commissioner, Department of Public Instruction directing all deputy directors to purchase first aid boxes for schools from a Deshpande Services agency in the city, sources said on Wednesday.

After finding out about the fake letter, Mallikarjuna Ramachandramma, the Under Secretary of School Education and Literacy has filed a complaint with the jurisdictional police.

The police have registered a case under IPC Sections 420 (cheating), 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for the purpose of cheating) and 471 (fraudulent use of forged document).