Sleuths of Special Task Force (STF) claimed to have busted a gang involved in leaking question papers through `WhatsApp’ chat portal. Two gang members were arrested in Agra on Monday morning and a question paper of SSC (Multi-Tasking Staff) entrance exams and mobile phones were recovered from them.
SSP (STF) Amit Pathak said that they had been getting inputs on some gangs involved in leaking question papers through social media and collecting money from candidates by forming a Whatsapp group. He said that the input was developed and some gang members were identified in Agra and adjoining areas engaged in collecting money to leak paper of SSC (Multi-Tasking Force) entrance examination. The exam was conducted between 10 am to 12 noon on Sunday.
Pathak said that a team was despatched who dropped the net on two gang members who were sending questions and answers over Whatsapp just before the start of the exam. The accused were iedntified as Puspendra and lokendra of Etah. lokendra was Pushpendra’s brother-in-law.
During quizzing, the duo revealed that Mukesh Pathak of Hathras, collected Rs 5 lakh and managed to get the paper leaked which was later sent over Whatsapp. The group admin of this group is a person going by the name of `JJ’.
Interestingly, the gang members collected original education documents of candidates and only when they handed over the money after getting solved papers, then the documents were released. Further investigations were on.