Claiming to be a senior officer in-charge of evaluation, Rajgopal Reddy assured aspirants that he would submit answer scripts for correction using his contacts
Claiming to be a senior officer in-charge of evaluation, Rajgopal Reddy assured aspirants that he would submit answer scripts for correction using his contacts
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Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths arrested a 60-year-old former bank employee and four of his accomplices for cheating students of lakhs of rupees by promising to supply question papers for the entrance exam of the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K).
The conman had put up around 12 aspirants in a lodge and provided them with sets of fake question papers
The scam came to light after the relative of one student suspected something amiss and tipped off the police on Saturday.
The police raided a service apartment suite in Bellandur on Sarjapura Road and rescued aspirants and their parents who were being held by Rajgopal Reddy and his accomplices on the pretext of security reasons.
Students detained
"He had taken over a dozen students and put them up in a lodge and provided them with sets of fake question papers. He had confiscated mobile phones from students and parents at the spot citing security reasons and claiming that the candidates could leak the questions to others," said R Lakshman, ACP.
Claiming to be a senior officer in-charge of evaluation at COMED-K, Reddy assured all present that he would collect the answer scripts on completion and submit them for correction using his contacts.
During the raid, police rescued 26 students including 12 girls along with their parents. They were sent to attend the exams held in the city, Mysore and Davanagere yesterday.
"We have booked a case of cheating against them and remanded to judicial custody," Lakshman said.
It's all fake
COMED-K played down the issue asserting that no original paper was leaked on the exam day. COMED-K Executive Director Dr S Kumar said, "Police approached me with bundles of question papers to verify whether they were the real ones issued by us.
After verification, they were found to be fake and no similarity was seen." He added that it was for the police to find out and initiate action against those involved in the racket.
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