The arrest of a 26-year-old man who pretended to be a woman in order to sit for a university exam by impersonating his 34-year-old girlfriend has been made by the Indian authorities.

Angrez Singh wore a traditional costume usually worn by women in order to convince the examiners of the Baba Farid University Health Department that he was his 34-year-old girlfriend Parajamit Kaur.

As it turned out, the 34-year-old companion of the 26-year-old had previously failed the exams of the said department to obtain a license to work as a nurse.

In the photo released, the 26-year-old appears to have shaved his beard, is wearing a hat and has painted his lips pink.

What gave the 26-year-old away was a biometric check on his identity card as his fingerprints did not match

According to police, the 26-year-old had made a fake voter card, fake ID and a fake university card.

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A university spokesperson said the examiners questioned the 26-year-old’s identity when they saw that the photo on the application form was different from the one on the card he presented.

Initially the 26-year-old and the 34-year-old claimed to be related but police investigation revealed the true nature of their relationship.