Kanpur:A team of Etawah police busted a solvers’ gang and arrested its five members on Thursday. The police also recovered four multi-media phones, besides other high-tech devices from them.
The arrested accused were identified as Shivam Yadav, Manish Kumar, Nikhil Kumar, Prashant Kumar and Sachin Kumar, all residents of separate pockets of Etawah.
“The accused were arrested following a paper leak of DLed (diploma in elementary education) 2018 exam on social media,” said SSP of Etawah Akash Tomar.
The accused were booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and sent to jail.
“The breakthrough was made after leaked paper of English with regard to DLed exam 2018 went viral on Social media,” said the SSP.
The SSP said the gang used to approach DLed exam aspirants, offering them to facilitate leaked paper on WhatsApp for Rs 2,000.
“Once a candidate deposited a certain amount, the gang members used to make leaked paper available on WhatsApp on the candidates mobile phone. They had been found to be involved in DLed 2018 exam,” said the SSP.