A major plot to rig a recruitment exam was dismantled before it could ever get off the ground. On the day of the Central Selection Board recruitment test for constables and warders under the Prohibition and Prison departments, Samastipur police flattened a solver gang's entire scheme and took four people linked to the network into custody.
How the plot came apart
The whole operation was built on a single tip-off from Begusarai police. Officers in the neighbouring district passed on intelligence that some members of a solver gang had become active with the aim of disrupting the recruitment exam. The moment the signal arrived, Samastipur police's DIU and SIT teams swung into action and launched simultaneous raids at different locations. The upshot: four people tied to the gang fell into the police net.
Crucially, police moved in before the exam paper was even opened, leaving the gang no window to make its move. Several electronic devices, other equipment and the admit cards of candidates were recovered from those arrested.
A videographer at the centre, also caught
One of the more startling elements of the raid was that a videographer was among those arrested. This man was handling the videography duties at an exam centre during the test. Police are now digging into exactly how someone with inside access ended up working with the solver gang, and what his real role was in the plan to compromise the exam.
Who the accused are
According to Samastipur police, the gang members now behind bars have been identified as Amit Kumar and Nitish Kumar, residents of Garhpura in Begusarai district; Deepak Kumar Yadav of Vithan in Samastipur; and Pankaj Kumar Sahni of Ilmas Nagar in the Khanpur police station area.
ASP Sadar 1 Samastipur Sanjay Kumar Pandey said all the accused are being questioned and have admitted their involvement. He added that these men have been active in similar malpractice in earlier exams too — meaning the case is not limited to a single test.
Timely raid, a peaceful exam
ASP Sanjay Kumar Pandey said the police's well-timed action had a direct effect on the exam: the gang could do nothing in the day's test, and the entire exam was conducted peacefully. Interestingly, the candidates whose admit cards were found with the accused also sat for the exam that day. Police clarified that the investigation is being pushed further on the basis of information emerging during questioning.
