On Sunday, police arrested 51 people who were trying to rig the UPSC exam scheduled to held on the same day. Police cleared that the question papers recovered from the accused were fake and their attempt to derail the exam was failed.
An STF official said “34 persons were arrested from Lucknow, 12 from Allahabad, four from Kanpur and rest from Agra. Among the arrested persons are 11 solvers, nine candidates, 31 middlemen and gang leaders which includes two private doctors, two pharmacists of a government hospital, a teacher and a police constable”.
STF SSP Abhishek Singh said that the accused are in judicial custody as of now and police are on the lookout for the other three. Police also claimed to have recovered the following:
- 63 cellphones
- Over Rs 1 lakh
- Several Adhaar cards and ATM cards among others
“During questioning, accused told police that candidates who were interested to use solvers were asked to pay hefty amounts. Other candidates who asked for question paper had to pay lesser,” said Abhishek.
“Om Sahay, who was arrested in Allahabad, was leading the gang who had arranged solvers for the candidates. Om Sahay had called solvers from Bihar,” said Singh.
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