NEW DELHI: A 22-year-old civil services aspirant has been arrested for allegedly reselling tutorial videos of an IAS coaching institute after enrolling in it. The youth “sold” these videos at discounted rates through a popular chat app and even uploaded these on his channel on an online video platform.
The accused has been identified as Priyadarshan Tiwari, and four phones and a laptop were seized from him. According to police, the coaching centre, The Study — an Institute for IAS, has filed a complaint alleging that due to the Covid lockdown, it had started a mobile application, The Study by Manikant Singh, for providing video tutorials to its students.
The complainant said that on May 21 and in October, he came to know that a video platform channel has uploaded the same videos. On contacting its owner, the complainant was given a message app ID and an email address for further contact. He was offered tutorial videos at discounted rates and provided links of more such videos.
Deputy commissioner of police (north) Anto Alphonse said that through the bank accounts associated with the payment links, the suspect was initially identified as Rana Pratap Singh. But through a mobile phone number, police finally identified Tiwari, he said.
Tiwari told police that after completing schooling from a reputed institute, he had been pursuing a master’s degree in political science. He said he was a civil services aspirant and also wanted to start a coaching centre, the DCP said.
The accused got to know about various groups providing tutorial videos on the message group. He subscribed to The Study by Manikant Singh in the fake name of Virat Tiwari and shared the user ID and the password on the chat group.