In a story that would perhaps make the perfect sequel for a film like Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!, a disgruntled employee of a news channel posed as PM Modi’s personal secretary to get a new and better paying job at a different news channel.

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Bharat Verma, a resident of Greater Noida, works with a news channel based in Noida. Recently, Verma’s organisation introduced a series of pay cuts for all of its employees. While all the other disgruntled employees accepted their fate and those pay cuts begrudgingly, Verma decided to act on it.

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He sent an email to the CEO of a national news channel based in Noida, where he introduced himself as Abhijeet, the personal assistant to the personal secretary of Prime Minister Modi. In the email, Verma informed the CEO that PM Modi’s secretary would like to have a word with him, and would like to allocate a time for that.

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The CEO of the news channel promptly set up a call for the next day. The next day, at the set time, a person called the CEO and introduced himself as the personal secretary of Prime Minister Modi. The caller then said that a man named Bharat Verma should be given an opportunity to work for the news channel and that he would be sending his resume shortly.

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The next day, an interview was set up between the CEO & Verma. When Verma arrived for the job interview, the staff, as well as the CEO, grew a little suspicious. Upon further investigation, they found out that it was Verma who had sent them that email, and it was Bharat who had called them.

A complaint was lodged against Verma and he was promptly handed over to the police, who booked him under sections 419 (cheating by personation) and 170 (personating a public servant) of the Indian Penal Code.

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In a statement to the Times Of India, the Noida police said that Verma worked at the desk of a news channel, where there were pay cuts. They believe Verma hatched this plan, thinking that this would be the best and possibly sureshot way to land a job at a different news channel, without having to go through a rigorous background check.

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Now, we know that people often lie on their resumes, but this was a boss level move that ultimately backfired. Do let us know in the comments what you think about fudging references and work history to secure a new job.

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