In order to get his friend appointed as the Vice-Chancellor of a university in Madhya Pradesh, a man called the Governor of the state, posing as Union Home Minister Amit Shah.



However, Madhya Pradesh Special Task Force(STF) has arrested the man and his accomplice. Surprisingly, the man behind this is none other than an Air Force wing commander who was posted in Delhi.



Speaking to 'India Today', Additional Director General(ADG) of Madhya Pradesh STF, Ashok Awasthi said, "One of the arrested accused is Wing Commander Kuldeep Waghela while the other is named Chandresh Kumar Shukla."



According to ADG STF Ashok Awasthi, the vice-chancellor was to be selected in the University of Medical Sciences, Jabalpur.



Chandresh Kumar Shukla, who was living in Saket Nagar in Bhopal, also submitted his bio-data. Shukla interacted with his friend Air Force Wing Commander Kuldeep Waghela who was posted in Delhi. He asked him if he could get a big political leader to call the Governor? Kuldeep said that he would get Home Minister Amit Shah to call the Governor. When Kuldeep could not succeed in this, he himself posed as Home Minister Amit Shah and called Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon and ordered him on the phone to make Chandresh Kumar Shukla, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences.



The Governor was suspicious of the voice and the tone of the person and informed the staff about it. After this, the Governor's staff enquired about any such phone call from the Home Minister's office or residence in Delhi. It was found that the Home Minister did not make any such phone call. After this, a written complaint was given to the Madhya Pradesh STF. The STF registered a case under sections 419 and 420 and initiated an investigation.



The investigation found the involvement of Air Force Wing Commander Kuldeep Waghela and Chandresh Kumar Shukla. Wing Commander Kuldeep Waghela was arrested from Delhi. At the same time, Chandresh Shukla has also been arrested by the STF.



According to the STF ADG Ashok Awasthi, Wing Commander Kuldeep Waghela has been posted at the residence of the Governor of Madhya Pradesh in the past, so he knew how to talk to the Governor over the phone and tried to take advantage of it but could not succeed.

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