nWith the arrest of four people, the Delhi Police on Saturday busted an inter-State paper leak gang operating in Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. Police said that they have also recovered two police uniforms from the possession of the accused.
The accused have been identified as Rohit (23), Love Kumar (26), Himanshu (23) and Vaishali (26), all residents of Haryana.
According to Urvija Goel, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), West district, police received specific inputs that some illegal practice was going on at Om and Chander Associates Examination Centre in Naraina Industrial Area during the examination for the post of forest guard.
“On February 4, police conducted a raid at the centre and nabbed Rohit who was using a mobile phone for solving his online paper. Thereafter, a case was registered at Naraina police station,” said the DCP.
“During investigation, WhatsApp data of the seized mobile phone was retrieved and analysed, following which three more people were arrested from Delhi and Haryana,” said the DCP.
“During interrogation, it was revealed that Vaishali is the kingpin of the gang. She, along with her boyfriend Anil Sharma, brother Love and other associates, used to run a racket related to online examinations for various Government jobs,” said the DCP.
“The gang operated in various States, including Haryana, Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar-Pradesh and Delhi, particularly in rural areas. Two uniforms of Delhi Police were also recovered from them. Vaishali used to pose as an IPS officer and two of her associates used to pose as sub-inspector and head constable of the Delhi Police to impress people, the DCP said.
“The accused used to charge around `10 to 25 lakh, depending upon the nature of the job, from candidates in order to pass the examination. Usually an employee of private examination centre helped to provide a mobile phone to their candidate,” said the DCP.
“The dummy candidate used to send a picture of the paper to the kingpin. Then “solvers” solved the paper within a few minutes and circulated the answer-key to their examination centres in different states,” said the DCP.
“The bank statement of accused persons revealed heavy cash transactions in 2021. Efforts are being made to nab their associates. Links of candidates who have cleared the examination by unfair means with the help of the gang are being investigated,” said the DCP.