₹12 lakh for government job: Delhi Police exposes massive recruitment exam scam involving ChatGPT
New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) A firefighter deployed with the Chandigarh Fire Department was allegedly kingpin of an interstate racket that enabled candidates to cheat
New Delhi, Aug 7 (PTI) A firefighter deployed with the Chandigarh Fire Department was allegedly kingpin of 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. The cheating racket employed a highly sophisticated, technology-driven modus operandi that allowed candidates to receive answers, generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, in real time during government recruitment examinations, police said. "The syndicate charged aspirants up to ₹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. Police have arrested seven persons in this connection including the alleged mastermind, and further investigation is underway, they said The racket came to light after the Central Sanskrit University lodged a complaint on July 26 alleging use of unfair means during a 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.
Total 213 candidates appeared in the examination for six vacancy," 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 ₹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. Also Read | Man Tied to $100 Million NJ Deli Scam Gets 21 Months in Prison The arrested woman candidate told police that her friend Sanni had given her the customised mobile phone, Bluetooth device, SIM card and nano earbuds following a ₹10-lakh deal. Police then arrested 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 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.
The BriefWire