New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) A firefighter deployed with the Chandigarh Fire Department allegedly masterminded an interstate racket that enabled candidates to cheat in government recruitment examinations using concealed nano earbuds, Bluetooth devices and customised mobile phones, Delhi Police said on Friday.
Police said they have arrested seven persons in this connection and further investigation into the matter is underway.
“The syndicate charged aspirants up to Rs 12 lakh and supplied specially modified electronic gadgets that allowed candidates inside examination halls to secretly receive answers transmitted from outside,” police in a statement said.
The racket came to light after the Central Sanskrit University lodged a complaint on July 26 alleging use of unfair means during the Lower Division Clerk (LDC) recruitment examination held at a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Delhi’s Janakpuri.
“During frisking at the examination centre, officials recovered a customised mobile phone from a woman candidate, while another candidate Hemant was allegedly found carrying a Bluetooth device fitted with a SIM card and concealed nano earbuds,” the statement read.
Based on the complaint, Delhi Police registered an FIR and arrested the two candidates.
During interrogation, Hemant disclosed that the Bluetooth device and SIM card had been arranged by his brother Rinku through a contact Virender for Rs 12 lakh, so that answers could be relayed to him from outside the examination hall.
Acting on the disclosure, a team arrested Rinku and Virender.
The woman candidate told police that her friend Sanni had given her the customised mobile phone, Bluetooth device, SIM card and nano earbuds following a Rs 10-lakh deal.
The investigation then led police to Sanni, who named Deepak as an associate of the network.
Deepak, a Class 12-pass, allegedly arranged the electronic gadgets and coordinated the transmission of answers during examinations.
“Using technical surveillance, social media analysis and other intelligence inputs, police traced Deepak, who revealed that he was working under the directions of Sonu Kumar alias Sonu Maan, the suspected kingpin,” the police statement read.
Police tracked Sonu to Charkhi Dadri in Haryana, where he was allegedly caught while facilitating cheating in another government recruitment examination.
According to police, Sonu is employed as a fireman with the Chandigarh Fire Department.
“During his arrest, the team recovered a tablet linked to a foreign account, customised mobile phones, Bluetooth devices, nano earbuds, mobile phones, SIM cards and other electronic gadgets along with incriminating documents,” the statement read.
Police suspect the syndicate used the modified devices to transmit question papers from inside examination centres before sending back answers through concealed Bluetooth communication systems.
Police also said Sanni, employed as a lab attendant at Delhi University’s Lady Irwin College, acted as an intermediary who identified candidates and connected them with the mastermind in exchange for commission.
Police are now probing the syndicate’s financial trail and examining whether the network was involved in similar recruitment examination cheating cases across multiple states. PTI BM ARB
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