The Delhi Police has arrested a 19-year-old graduation student from Haryana for impersonating on behalf of another candidate seeking admission to Class 9th in the Jamia Millia Islamia school entrance examination held recently.
The accused has been identified as Mohammad Ikhlash, a resident of Mewat in Haryana.
Police said that the accused was in need of money and agreed on the payment of `15,000 to appear for the entrance exam on behalf of another candidate.
According to RP Meena, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Southeast district, a complaint was registered by Officiating Chief Proctor of Jamia Millia Islamia Professor Mohammad Shahid Khan in which he said an entrance examination was conducted by the school on Sunday where the invigilator caught Ikhlash impersonating as a candidate in the entrance test for Class 9 of the academic session 2021-22, according to police.
“When our team reached the spot, the invigilator said that while he was checking the credentials of the candidates, it was found that the photograph of the candidate on the identity card did not match with the face of the accused who was appearing for the entrance,” said the DCP.
“The arrested accused told police that he was in pressing need of money that led him to accept the proposal to appear in the school entrance exam on behalf of a candidate and charged `15,000 for doing it,” said the DCP adding that a case was registered at Jamia Nagar police station and further investigation is underway to catch hold of the real candidate.
“No previous involvement has been found against him,” police said, adding that a fake Aadhar card was recovered from his possession.