Two accused nabbed in the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) examination scam on Tuesday, were produced in a district court on Wednesday and they have been sent to police custody till August 27.
Since, the BDS exams were held in the premises of the department of continuous examination of the BU, the Special task Force (STF) of police that is investigating the scam, might quiz its HoD Kalika Yadav During the investigation, the two accused Sajjan Singh Parmar and Debobrat Nayak confirmed that the whole idea was conceptualized by Upendra Singh who was invigilator during the exams. Both Kalika and Upendra have not been named in the FIR but they might be questioned, police sources said.
Notably, when the serial numbers of the answer-sheets were found, in the BDS examination centre at Barkatullah University, the STF was roped in to investigate and later, 19 students including eight girls were booked. It was found that the experts were used to write their exams outside the exam hall and they used to return the answer-sheets before the end of the stipulated time.
In all, six persons have been arrested so far in the BDS exam scam. During the investigation, 19 answer-sheets were provided to the STF and later they have been forwarded to the questioned documents (QD) section of the Police Headquarters (PHQ) for verification of the handwriting. Handwriting expert JS Rathode has started investigating and is going to match the writing samples to conclude the list of culprit students.
Meanwhile, the Committee constituted by Barkatullah University has started its probe and would submit its report within a couple of days regarding the investigation, told Vice Chancellor of Barkatullah University Professor Nisha Dubey.