India, April 27 -- A major education fraud involving fake B.Ed certificates has been unearthed in western Odisha, with police arresting two alleged agents who duped more than 300 aspirants across multiple districts by promising degrees from Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Fraud network promised Andhra B.Ed Degree for money The accused, identified as Chittaranjan Barik and Reema Das, were operating from an office near Sambalpur University in Burla under the name "One World Academy." They allegedly lured students by advertising guaranteed admission to distance B.Ed programmes and collecting large sums of money in return.

According to preliminary investigations, aspirants from districts including Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Balangir, Bar...