VARANASI: Crime branch sleuths caught four persons and seized solved papers of the police recruitment exam for jail warder, fireman and cavalry constables from Shivam Inter College, Block B Maniyaripur of Gangapur area on late Saturday afternoon.
All arrested persons were produced before the court on Sunday and sent to jail. SSP Amit Pathak said police have begun investigation to ascertain if more people were involved in the recruitment test rigging racket. All agencies concerned have been alerted in this regard, he added.
As per reports, during the second shift of recruitment examination on Saturday, Mirzapur crime branch sub-inspectors Uday Pratap Yadav and Ravikant Mallik spotted a candidate Govind Kumar, with role number 2059120589, in room-7 of the Shivam Inter College copying answers from a chit containing solved answers.
The SIs caught him and in questioning, Govind revealed the assistant centre in-charge Shailendra Kumar Singh had charged Rs 90,000 from him to arrange solved answers of question papers in B series through room invigilator Rohit Singh. During further investigation, it came to light that Rohit had arranged a duty slip for his accomplice Kuldeep Kumar Patel by deploying him as an electrician and bringing solved answersheet from outside.
Rohania police arrested Govind, Shailendra, Rohit and Kuldeep and seized Rs 90,000 in cash, four mobile phones, question paper (381642), answer sheet (356073), admit card and photocopy of the solved answersheet. They were booked under Sections 420, 409, 120B, 411, 34 of IPC, 9/10 UP Public Examination (prevention of unfair means) Act, 66 IT Act and sections of Prevention of Corruption Act.
SSP Pathak said, “Detailed investigation could not be started on Sunday as police force was busy in examination duty on the second day. But, the matter would be probed thoroughly to find out if a bigger racket was involved.”
In view of the recruitment examination, district administration and police had ensured tight security arrangements in and around all exam centres, and had installed help desks at all railway stations, bus stands, prominent roads to assist the aspirants in reaching their centres.