PRAYAGRAJ: Sleuths of Special Task Force (Prayagraj unit) on Sunday busted a cheating racket during Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) exam conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) New Delhi and arrested seven members including four teachers and one solvers\ proxy candidate from two separate spots including Prayagraj and Gorakhpur districts.
While six racketeers were arrested near Colonelganj area in Prayagraj, another was held in Gorakhpur.
The police have also recovered seven admit cards, two photo copies of registration papers, 43 mobile screenshots, three forged Adhar cards, two forged PAN cards, eight mobile sets, two cheque books, a cheque of Rs 4 lakh, two bikes, one car, and Rs 13,500 cash from their possession. The arrested persons were identified as Prashant Singh of Mau (currently posted at Government Inter College, Amroha), Dharmendra Singh of Kaushambi (Primary teacher at Usri – Raibareilly disrict), Shiv Pujan Patel of Haridwar ( proxy candidate\ solver and currently posted at RSPL, Haridwar), Munesh Kumar Chauhan of Amroha (teacher at a private school at Amroha district), Aditya Shahi of Deoria (solver \ proxy candidate), Puja Devi of Fatehpur ( posted at Primary school, Amauli in Fatehpur district) and Yatendra Kumar Singh of Gorakhpur (solver\ proxy candidate).
Additional SP ( STF) Neeraj Kumar Pandey told TOI that, “Acting upon specific tips off, the teams of STF have raided separate sites and arrested seven persons including four teachers who were in cheating racket cum solvers gang.” He further added that arrested Prasant Singh and Dharmenda Singh were kingpins of the racket who used to prepare forged admit and aadhar cards of candidates and arrange proxy candidate \ solvers and providing them Rs 50,000 for per person.
ASP said that the racketeers were charging Rs two lakh from candidates and were also expert in photo-mixing to dodge exam conducting agencies.
STF said a primary teacher posted in Kaushambi district was involved in arranging candidates and a person staying in Holland Hall was also involved in making admit and adhar cards. A case under section 419, 420, 467, 468, and 471 of IPC, section 3, 6 and 10 of Uttar Pradesh Sarvajanik Pariksha Adhiniyam was registered with Colonelganj police station.