27 men arrested for leaking constable recruitment paper
1 Oct 2014 5:53 AM IST
During the investigation, it was also revealed that the alleged kingpin of the gang is an employee with the printing press, which published the question papers. Talking about the modus operandi of the gang, a police officer said the gang would first procure question papers from printing press.
‘Later, they would hire teachers or experts to solve those question papers and then sell those along with its answers to aspirants’, he said.
On 24 May, Sawarmal Yadav posted at first batallion of Delhi Armed Police reported that while he was going somewhere in a bus in Delhi, he noticed that Monu (name changed) was dictating answers to someone over phone from a paper slip. On asking, he did not answer and ate up the answer sheet. He was arrested by the police on suspicion.
After thorough investigations, one Amar was arrested on Monday from Minto Road in central Delhi.
He is alleged to be the main kingpin of the gang. He further led the police to another important source, identified as Gorakh Nath, an employee of the printing press. He confessed to police that he worked at the cutting machine from where he had obtained those paper. He then smuggled the papers to Amar. Later it was also learnt that Nath was one of the ‘procurers’ at the printing press, who also provided question papers of various other examinations.
‘They would first link the question papers with concerned examination. Once the question paper is linked to the exam, they would look for candidates willing to buy question papers’, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch). He further added that the question papers, along with the answer sheets were sold in lakh. ‘Some of the candidates allegedly paid Rs 5-6 lakhs to the touts to get their hands on question papers’, he said. He also said the gang members also used various messaging services for sharing the answer during an examination.
Further investigation into the case revealed that the gang used to work in groups from three different places. While their one module was based in Najafgarh in west Delhi, the second and third worked from Rohtak and Rewari in Haryana, respectively.
As many as 18 persons were arrested from Rohtak and Najafgarh module, the officer said. So far, 27 persons have been arrested The police have also recovered two laptops and 28 mobile phones from their possession.
‘Later, they would hire teachers or experts to solve those question papers and then sell those along with its answers to aspirants’, he said.
On 24 May, Sawarmal Yadav posted at first batallion of Delhi Armed Police reported that while he was going somewhere in a bus in Delhi, he noticed that Monu (name changed) was dictating answers to someone over phone from a paper slip. On asking, he did not answer and ate up the answer sheet. He was arrested by the police on suspicion.
After thorough investigations, one Amar was arrested on Monday from Minto Road in central Delhi.
He is alleged to be the main kingpin of the gang. He further led the police to another important source, identified as Gorakh Nath, an employee of the printing press. He confessed to police that he worked at the cutting machine from where he had obtained those paper. He then smuggled the papers to Amar. Later it was also learnt that Nath was one of the ‘procurers’ at the printing press, who also provided question papers of various other examinations.
‘They would first link the question papers with concerned examination. Once the question paper is linked to the exam, they would look for candidates willing to buy question papers’, said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch). He further added that the question papers, along with the answer sheets were sold in lakh. ‘Some of the candidates allegedly paid Rs 5-6 lakhs to the touts to get their hands on question papers’, he said. He also said the gang members also used various messaging services for sharing the answer during an examination.
Further investigation into the case revealed that the gang used to work in groups from three different places. While their one module was based in Najafgarh in west Delhi, the second and third worked from Rohtak and Rewari in Haryana, respectively.
As many as 18 persons were arrested from Rohtak and Najafgarh module, the officer said. So far, 27 persons have been arrested The police have also recovered two laptops and 28 mobile phones from their possession.
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