During interrogation, the modus operandi of the syndicate emerged and it was learnt that they had leaked the question papers of several recruitment examinations which included the Constable recruitment paper.
“It was discovered that the ‘Procurers’ of the question papers have their sources in the printing presses. After the question papers are procured from the printing press, it is analyzed by the ‘Analyzers’ as to which exam the question paper is being printed for,” said Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand.
The Procurer in this case was Amar, who took the assistance of Vikas (Analyzer) in linking the given question paper.
The linking is dependent on the number of questions, time provided to the concerned examination, type of questions, break up of marks and the proximity of the examination, police said.
Once the question paper is linked to the examination, then the candidates called as “Clients” are arranged. The candidates are arranged by a well integrated network of touts and Coaching Institutes for procuring candidates.
These touts, after arranging for the candidates, fix the amount to be paid for providing them answers of the question paper.
In this examination, the touts procure the candidates at an average rate of 5-6 lakhs and the same was to be shared between the different layers of the syndicate. There are also “Paper Solvers”, who are generally school teachers.
“Thus, the syndicate is a conglomerate of Coaching Centres, Touts, School Teachers, Property Dealers, Procurers, Analyzer, Solvers, etc, who are all well educated and connected, since it is a highly lucrative business,” said Chand.
The unraveling of the exam paper leakage is in itself an interesting story.
It had come to fore on 24 May when a Delhi Police Constable Sawarmal Yadav was traveling in a shared auto when he noticed that one Monu was dictating answers to someone from a paper slip.
When the constable confronted him, he did not answer and started chewing the paper slip. Yadav overpowered him and took out the fist slip from his mouth while another was recovered from his possession.
Yadav then informed the police control room and local police took both of them to Police Training School Wazirabad.
On matching the answers on the paper slip with the question paper sets, the answers were found matching.
Meanwhile, Crime Branch also had information about the leakage of question paper. Accordingly, a trap was laid and Surender Tehlan, a resident of Najafgarh was found in possession of the answers to the questions in his mobile phone prior to the commencement of exam. A second case under the appropriate sections of the law was registered at Crime Branch and they were arrested.
Police then launched a massive investigative operation which lasted four months during which these 27 people were arrested from different parts of the country.
–PTI