Agra: The Uttar Pradesh Board has landed itself in a major soup after it emerged that the education board issued admit card with cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun's picture on it on Thursday.
The UP board issued the admit card to a student of an inter-college in Agra.
(17/2/16)UP Board issued admit card with Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun's pic to a student of an inter college in Agra pic.twitter.com/SSyYAMsIPi
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The admit card number 0025488 bears the birth date 10/06/1996 for student named Arjun Singh with photo of Sachin Tendulkar’s son whereas Arjun Tendulkar's was born on September 22, 1996.
The card also mentions names of Arjun Singh’s parents; Shrimati Devi – his mother and Ramniwas — his father.
The administration of Ankur Inter College Durga Nagar has signed and attested the admit card that has Arjun Tendulkar's photo.
According to media report creating fake admit cards such as this one is due to malpractices in the educational system in Uttar Pradesh.
