Arrested accused in police custody.
VARANASI: Crime branch sleuths caught four persons and seized solved papers of the police recruitment exam for jail warder, fireman and cavalry constables from Shivam Inter College, Block B Maniyaripur of Gangapur area on late Saturday afternoon.
All arrested persons were produced before the court on Sunday and sent to jail. SSP Amit Pathak said police have begun investigation to ascertain if more people were involved in the recruitment test rigging racket. All agencies concerned have been alerted in this regard, he added.
As per reports, during the second shift of recruitment examination on Saturday, Mirzapur crime branch sub-inspectors Uday Pratap Yadav and Ravikant Mallik spotted a candidate Govind Kumar, with role number 2059120589, in room-7 of the Shivam Inter College copying answers from a chit containing solved answers.