JAIPUR: A day after arresting seven people who appeared as dummy candidates in the sub-inspector (SI) examination held on Monday, senior police officers of Jaipur (East) said that one Vishal Meena has emerged as the kingpin in this cheating racket and is on the run.
They said, Meena arranged the dummy candidates and lured the original candidates in getting the examination cleared. Various teams are working to nab him.
Ramnagaria police station of Jaipur (East) had arrested seven persons who appeared as dummy candidate in the SI examination. Police said probe revealed that Meena invited the accused to work as dummy candidate in examination.
“His name is being taken by every arrested person. He brought everyone onboard to facilitate them in appearing as dummy candidates by tampering with the examination letter,” said a senior police officer of Jaipur (East) on Tuesday.
When contacted Prahlad Krishnia, deputy commissioner of police (East), said with the arrest of Meena the whole case would be cracked properly. “Only after his arrest the picture would be clear. He has emerged as the kingpin in this cheating racket.” Meanwhile, the Ramnagaria police produced all the arrested accused in the court. “We have taken them in police remand till August 17. If we are able to arrest Meena during this period, he would also be confronted with the arrested accused,” said police.
Police said, they have got inputs and will intervene on busting similar rackets in the cheating in examination. “We are hopeful to make more arrests in this case. Also, we have applied to get the examination letter of the candidates who were in touch with the gang to get dummy candidates,” the officer added.
