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ainNarwhal, Deputy Commissioner of Police said, “We have arrested four men — Ajay Jaywalk, Son Singh, Aura and Parameter. Two other persons — Carpal and Anna — are absconding. We have recovered cash worth Rest 51 lakh, three laptops, 10 mobile phones and other devices used to solve exam papers.”
The gang was running more than 10 examination centres where candidates would cheat using the Team Viewer software.
“The accused would gain access to the computer systems of the candidates who paid money. The solver would then answer all the questions using the software. When the Team Viewer software could not be used, they would take control of the computer by fixing the land connections with that of another computer in the exam centre and answer all the questions,” said a senior police officer, privy to the investigation.
The officer added Carpal and Son were the main gang leaders. The two accused were in partnership as Carpal would provide the necessary infrastructure while Son would help in getting candidates.
The Special Staff of the Delhi Police North district said the gang members were arrested after the cops had raided a building in Timarpur area in North Delhi on Tuesday.
Police said they will go through the mobile phones to ascertain the number of candidates who had cheated in the exams. Police said the candidate’s number may shoot up to “several hundred”. “We have their What Sapp screenshots, call details and other crucial evidence,” said a police officer.
According to police, the gang started operating in 2011. “The members had made their initial forays into the cheating gang by setting up dummy candidates in written exams. Later, when the online exam format had begun, the gang members thought of using Team Viewer software and also examination centres,” police said.
The UP STF had got inputs about Son’s involvement in the gang and mounted surveillance on him for fifteen days.
“We wanted evidence against Son before the raid. So we waited for him to make his move. Our officers caught him when he was helping a candidate solve his paper through Team Viewer. The Delhi Police was then informed about the raid,” said a senior police investigator.
Police have said the gang’s main base of operations was in Delhi.
However, police have also managed to trace their activities in other States. “One of the accused, Aura, had visited SSC exam,” added the officer.