UP STF arrests 11, including ITI principal, in exam impersonation racket
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested 11 people, including the principal of a government Industrial Training Institute, for allegedly allowing impersonators to
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has arrested 11 people, including the principal of a government Industrial Training Institute, for allegedly allowing impersonators to appear in a computer-based examination in place of registered candidates in exchange for money, officials said on Thursday. According to the STF, the arrests were made during a raid at the Government Industrial Training Institute in Naini, where the computer-based theory examination of the All India Trade Test was being held. The agency said it found solvers allegedly taking the examination instead of the original candidates.
Read Full Story Those arrested are principal Ashok Kumar, examination in-charge Ravi Prakash, five alleged solvers — Shivam Kumar, Ranvijay Singh, Jai Singh, Jitendra Patel and Dileep Kumar — and four instructors identified as Phool Prakash, Dheeraj Kumar, Rajesh Kumar and Rajkumar Maurya. WHAT DID STF RECOVER? The STF said it recovered photocopies of five admit cards, five computer monitors, five CPUs, five keyboards, five mouse devices, Rs 5.10 lakh in cash, examination-related documents, six Android mobile phones and Rs 16,370 recovered during the personal search of the accused.
An STF officer said the agency had received information that during the CBT, being conducted in three shifts from July 11 to August 8, officials and employees at the examination centre were allegedly taking money from candidates and allowing solvers to appear in their place. Acting on the tip-off, the STF's Prayagraj unit carried out a raid on Wednesday. During interrogation, examination in-charge Ravi Prakash allegedly told investigators that he had been appointed examination in-charge by the principal and that candidates considered weak in studies were asked to pay money, after which solvers were made to take the examination from a separate room in their place.
A case has been registered at Naini police station under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Uttar Pradesh Public Examinations (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2024. Police said further legal proceedings are under way. The case centres on allegations that money was taken to let impersonators write an important public examination on behalf of registered candidates. Ends
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