The Chandigarh police have arrested six men and a woman on Tuesday, for allegedly posing as candidates in place of the original examinees during the ongoing Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examinations in the city.
The kingpin of the racket, who arranged fake candidates for taking examinations, Rajesh Kumar has also been arrested by the city police, said sources in the police department. The imposters have been identified as Sonu, Anil, Amrit Singh, Ajit, Manjit Singh and Vipan are all residents of Haryana. Apart from them, a woman named Manjit Devi has also been arrested. SK Ranjan, Deputy Regional Director of SSC said, “A raid was conducted at different examination centers following a secret tip off. We received information that few candidates are appearing on the behalf of the actual examinee of SSC for the post of lower Division Clerk and Data Entry Operators in Chandigarh.” Around 1.25 lakh candidates from different parts of the country appeared for the examination at 90 centres in Chandigarh. A case has been registered against the accused and they shall be produced in district court, said Jaspal Singh, police in-charge.