3 cops among 4 arrested in REET cheating cases: Rajasthan Police

JAIPUR: The Rajasthan police on Tuesday arrested four accused, including three police constables, in two separate REET cheating cases.
In the first, police arrested three persons, identified as Paramveer Singh (35), a resident of Bharatpur district and currently posted as a constable in Dholpur police line; Digambar Singh (30), a resident of Sewar in Bharatpur and posted in Sawai Madhopur police line; and Jai Veer Singh (20), a second-year B.Ed student based in Bharatpur.
Police said that all the three accused were linked to the Sawai Madhopur cheating racket in which the REET question paper had allegedly reached an accused before the exam on September 26 and led to the arrest of a total of 13 accused, so far.
They, however, did not reveal the exact role played by the three held on Tuesday in the racket.
Meanwhile, the chief accused in the same case, identified as one Batti Lal Meena, is currently on the run.
Sources said that only Meena’s arrest would reveal the identity of the “mole” that passed the paper to him before the exam.
In the second case, the Dausa police arrested police constable Manish Sharma, posted in the district’s police line.
According to police, a 40-year-old person had filed a complaint that he had applied for REET and Sharma had contacted him about 15 days before the exam, offering the question paper for Rs 15 lakh.
Sharma directed him to come to Jaipur on September 24, two days before REET. The complainant arrived in Jaipur and spoke to Sanjay Meena, also booked in the Sawai Madhopur case, at Sharma’s behest.
The complainant claimed that he met Meena in Durgapura area and handed over Rs 2 lakh. The complainant said that he was shifted to a room in Narayan Vihar area on September 25, a day before the exam, and was told that the question paper would be shared with him at night. But he did not receive any paper in advance. He left the house early morning on September 26 to appear for REET.
He alleged that after the exam, he demanded his money back from Sharma who returned Rs 99,000 through online transfer. When he demanded the rest of the money, Sharma replied that it was with Meena who refused to return the amount.