Rajasthan: Ahead of REET, cheating racket busted in 5 districts | Jaipur News
In Dausa, police busted a gang involved in fielding dummy candidates and recovered Rs 5.60 lakh from them during the crackdown. Accused were idenitfied as Ramesh Meena (25), Dashrath Singh (30) and Karan Singh Meena (24) and Sumer Meena (35).
Dausa police claimed that they found evidence of cheating conspiracy during the examination of the accused’s mobile phones. Transactions worth several crores were also found during the preliminary investigation. Police suspect the involvement of multiple coaching institutes and private libraries in the conspiracy.
“Police teams had spotted a suspicious car near a PG college. The team stopped the car for checking and found the three suspects. We found cash in the car and interrogated them, but they could not give any answer so we detained them for interrogation,” an official said, adding that the accused admitted during the interrogation that they had taken the money from a REET candidate in Jaipur to field a dummy candidate on his behalf.
Similarly, Sikar police also arrested four accused in a separate cheating case. SP Kunwar Rashtradeep said teams had mounted intensive surveillance ahead of REET and found that some people were taking hefty money to send dummy candidates.
Police said a special team had learned that some suspects had made calls to REET aspirants and offered them dummy candidates for a high prize.
Three accused of the gang were idenitfied as Hemant Kumar (27), he runs an academy in Ranoli, Suresh Kumar Yadav (26) runs an employment centre in Ranoli, while the third accused was idenitfied as one Ashok Kumar (27).
Sikar police suspect the involvement of coaching centres behind the racket and said that investigation was underway in nearby districts to track down other members of the gang.
In Dungarpur district, police arrested four accused who had given money for dummy candidates. The accused were idenitfied as Sohan Lal, Suraj Mal, Shiv Raj and Manoj.
Simalwada circle officer Rameshwar Lal said police had earlier arrested the main kingpin Bhanwar Lal on Thursday. He said the investigation was underway to arrest other persons involved in the racket.
In Jaipur, a 24-year-old government teacher from Jalore was arrested by Bajaj Nagar police who had come to appear as a dummy candidate for Rs 15 lakh. Pratap Nagar police station also arrested two accused from the city while two other suspects were detained in Sindhi Camp.
Similarly, late on Friday night, Bhiwadi police arrested one accused, Vijay Singh and recovered Rs 11 lakh from him. Police said that the accused had taken Rs 8 lakh from REET candidates by promising them selection in the exam.
