Rajasthan: Mics hidden in N95 masks to cheat in NEET, 11 held in Sikar | Jaipur News
Pratap Nagar SHO Balveer Singh said six students of MBBS of RUHS (Rajasthan University of Health Sciences), two students of a veterinary college and two kingpins were part of a 10 member gang held from a hotel in Haldi Ghati area.
Sikar police seized N95 masks stitched with mics connected with wireless earpieces from an 11-member gang involved in cheating NEET aspirants by promising to field dummy candidates.
Police said the accused had used N95 masks hoping that no one was going to check masks at examination centres. The NEET-UG is scheduled for Sunday.
SP Kunwar Rashtradeep said police had received information about a gang that was preying on NEET aspirants. A special team was constituted that arrested the 11 identified as Dinesh Bajiya, Ramesh Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Virendra Choudhary, Om Prakash, Harish Kumar, Anoop Choudhary, Rajendra Sharma, Venkatesh Prasad and Dinesh Kumar.
Sikar police discovered that the accused had purchased several N95 masks and cleverly stitched advanced communication devices inside the masks which could be used to attend calls.
“These were stiffed in N95 masks. The gang hid a small battery-operated speaking device in one of the mask’s layers. We also recovered micro earpieces which could not be easily spotted from afar because they fit deep into ears,” Rashtradeep said.
According to SP, the gang had purchased devices from an online shopping website. “The small device fitted into the mask has a nano sim and a battery and works as a receptor. The device can attend an incoming call with the press of a button,” Rashtradeep said.
Police claimed that the accused were involved in cheating aspirants by promising to send proxy candidates in return for a hefty amount.
Police said some of the accused are students of Bachelor of Ayurveda, Medicine, and Surgery (BAMS). “We have also found some cheques from the accused, suspected to be given by candidates,” Rashtradeep.
