So far, 141 people have been arrested over five different police complaints registered in this connection, and fraud to the tune of hundreds of crores was detected.
In the recently exposed racket, dummy candidates were sent to appear for government recruitment examinations and board examinations in Bhavnagar district. Apart from Yuvrajsinh Jadeja, two of his brothers-in-law and three others were also booked in the case.
The Bhavnagar police arrested Jadeja late night for allegedly extorting Rs 1 crore from one of the accused in the dummy candidate exam scam after questioning him for several hours Friday.