One Man's Photo On 3 Admit Cards: What We Know So Far About The Alleged Delhi Police Scam
¡°It is believed that the candidates sent impersonators to appear for the computer-based written exam. Since, Delhi Police is conducting several stages of verification, these impersonators have been caught,¡± DCP (Recruitment Cell) Shweta Chauhan said.
Three admit cards, one person's picture on all. Yes, that's right. Police personnel were taken in for a surprise as they came across three admit cards bearing the same candidate¡¯s photo while going through documents of candidates appearing for the physical exam for recruitment of Delhi Police constables on Wednesday.
Three men, including two brothers from Uttar Pradesh¡¯s Gorakhpur, who paid the same stand-in Rs 27 lakh to take the exam for them, for Delhi Police recruitment, are among 24 people who have been arrested for a fraud carried out in at least three centres.
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The two brothers have been identified as Nilesh Kumar Khairwa and Naveen Kumar Khairwa. They were arrested along with a third person from Jharoda Kalan in Baba Haridas Nagar in Delhi on Wednesday, according to a report in Indian Express.
The probe
The exam for recruitment of constables was held in December 2020. A special investigation team of northeast district probing the scam has found links to Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan so far, and registered 16 FIRs.
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"During scanning of the documents, we found out that the same person appeared for the three men. His photo was available in our database. The accused have been arrested and we are trying to find out more details about them," the report quoted a senior police official as saying.
How fraud got unearthed
The fraud came to light when officials checked the admit cards of the candidates before their physical exam. To detect any fraud, the Delhi Police, for the first time, took photos of the candidates separately before the exam and that led to discrepancy being exposed.
¡°It is believed that the candidates sent impersonators to appear for the computer-based written exam. Since, Delhi Police is conducting several stages of verification, these impersonators have been caught,¡± DCP (Recruitment Cell) Shweta Chauhan said.
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Recruitment of both men and women constables is being done by Delhi Police, with around 15 lakh applicants appearing for the exam. Earlier, nine had been arrested when found cheating using Bluetooth devices, a senior police officer said.
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