UP Police has arrested the associate of a Delhi Police constable in the UP Police recruitment paper leak case. The police is also searching for the Delhi Police constable accused in this case. His associate has been identified as Mahendra Sharma, resident of Jind, Haryana.
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Last month, Delhi Policemen and their associates contacted and collected about 1,000 candidates. After this he was taken by bus to a resort in Haryana. There the question paper and answer key of UP Police Constable Recruitment was given. During this time, mobile phones and gadgets of the candidates were kept and they were asked to memorize them. In its pictures, dozens of candidates were seen memorizing the question paper and answer key while sitting in the lounge of the resort.
According to sources, each candidate had paid Rs 7 lakh to get the leaked paper (which was to be given after the exam). The accused kept the original mark sheets of the candidates with themselves, so that they do not refuse to pay the money.
The exam paper and answer key were purchased from two other people, Abhishek Shukla of Prayagraj and Ravi Attri of Greater Noida. Both of them were also involved in the AIPMT paper leak case in 2015. Police believe that Abhishek and Ravi could be the last link in this case.
ASP Brijesh Kumar Singh said, “The arrest and interrogation of Ravi and Abhishek could be the last link in this investigation and every effort is being made for this.”
In the last one month, 15 other people have been detained for allegedly planning to leak this exam paper. Its accused were taking Rs 8 lakh from the candidates.
About 48 lakh candidates appeared in this examination for the recruitment of UP Police Constable. However, this exam was canceled after several cases of paper leaks came to light.
