Seven employees of the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), under the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), face serious criminal charges for securing government jobs through impersonation and forged documents. IWST Director Shakti Singh Chauhan filed a complaint naming six multi-tasking staff and one forest guard who allegedly did not appear in their recruitment exams themselves. The accused are Dinesh (MTS, recruited 2019), Sudhir, Prince, Sonu, Parveen, Rajkumar (all MTS, recruited 2022), and Sunil Kumar Yadav (forest guard, recruited 2023). The examinations in question were held between 2018 and 2023. The investigation began after the ICFRE Directorate's August 7, 2025 order to review recruitment documents across institutions. IWST's internal check found mismatches between the handwriting, signatures, attendance records, OMR sheets, admit cards, and service records. The suspicious documents were sent to the State Forensic Science Laboratory in Bengaluru. The December 10, 2025, report confirmed the handwriting and signatures on exam papers did not match the accused employees, proving impersonation. This means different people took the exams for these employees, violating public recruitment rules. The complaint seeks legal action against the seven named and unknown accomplices for forgery and criminal conspiracy. Authorities call this a major scam in a central government institution and hint at more arrests as the probe continues. This scam comes months after Sadashivanagar police arrested four men accused of impersonation for government jobs, showing the growing threat of cheating in recruitment exams.