VARANASI: A day after an inter-state gang of solvers was busted during NEET Exam-2021 in Sarnath region on Monday, Dr. Osama Shahid KGMU Lucknow and Abhay Kumar MehtaThe police arrested him from Pandeypur intersection here on Tuesday.
Earlier on Sunday, the police had arrested a student of BDS. Juli Kumari, who was allegedly impersonating the real candidate and his mother in this regard.
Police Commissioner A Satish Ganesh said that Dr Osama, a native of Mau district, who appeared in the MBBS final year examination at KGMU Lucknow this year, used to find candidates on behalf of the Patna-based solver gang.
“This gang used to take contracts to send impersonators to appear in entrance exams. If a candidate qualifies for the exam, the gang charges anything from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 40 lakh from the candidate.
The CP said that Mehta is the brother of the arrested BDS-II student Julie Kumari. He convinced Julie to appear in the NEET exam in place of a candidate from Tripura. Hena Biswas After receiving a proposal of five lakh rupees from the solver gang Vikas Kumar Mahto.
“Police have recovered 15 admit cards, four photographs of candidates, four courier receipts, two mobile phones with chatting gang members, details of money transactions and other items,” he said.
“Both the persons arrested on Tuesday have disclosed the names of their gang members belonging to UP, Bihar and other states. Several police teams have been formed to nab the gang leader along with other members,” he informed TOI.
On Sunday, the Crime Branch team raided the NEET examination center at St. Francis Xavier’s School in Sona Talab area of Sarnath police station area and caught Julie Kumari, who was taking the examination in the name of Heena Biswas. Tripura. The police had also arrested Julie’s mother. Babita Devi of Patna, however, Vikas Kumar Mahto, a gang member from Khagaria district who accompanied Babita and Julie, managed to escape.
Sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery with intent to defraud), 471 (cheating or dishonestly taking any document as genuine) An FIR was registered under knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document) and 34 (criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) with Sarnath Police against them.
During police investigation, it was found that a Patna resident, known by his initials PK, is the leader of this inter-state gang, while Osama was searching for candidates.
Though the police managed to nab Osama and the other members, reaching PK is proving to be a difficult task as he rarely uses the phone and prefers to communicate via courier and travels only by trains. .
Earlier on Sunday, the police had arrested a student of BDS. Juli Kumari, who was allegedly impersonating the real candidate and his mother in this regard.
Police Commissioner A Satish Ganesh said that Dr Osama, a native of Mau district, who appeared in the MBBS final year examination at KGMU Lucknow this year, used to find candidates on behalf of the Patna-based solver gang.
“This gang used to take contracts to send impersonators to appear in entrance exams. If a candidate qualifies for the exam, the gang charges anything from Rs 30 lakh to Rs 40 lakh from the candidate.
The CP said that Mehta is the brother of the arrested BDS-II student Julie Kumari. He convinced Julie to appear in the NEET exam in place of a candidate from Tripura. Hena Biswas After receiving a proposal of five lakh rupees from the solver gang Vikas Kumar Mahto.
“Police have recovered 15 admit cards, four photographs of candidates, four courier receipts, two mobile phones with chatting gang members, details of money transactions and other items,” he said.
“Both the persons arrested on Tuesday have disclosed the names of their gang members belonging to UP, Bihar and other states. Several police teams have been formed to nab the gang leader along with other members,” he informed TOI.
On Sunday, the Crime Branch team raided the NEET examination center at St. Francis Xavier’s School in Sona Talab area of Sarnath police station area and caught Julie Kumari, who was taking the examination in the name of Heena Biswas. Tripura. The police had also arrested Julie’s mother. Babita Devi of Patna, however, Vikas Kumar Mahto, a gang member from Khagaria district who accompanied Babita and Julie, managed to escape.
Sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery with intent to defraud), 471 (cheating or dishonestly taking any document as genuine) An FIR was registered under knows or has reason to believe to be a forged document) and 34 (criminal act done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) with Sarnath Police against them.
During police investigation, it was found that a Patna resident, known by his initials PK, is the leader of this inter-state gang, while Osama was searching for candidates.
Though the police managed to nab Osama and the other members, reaching PK is proving to be a difficult task as he rarely uses the phone and prefers to communicate via courier and travels only by trains. .
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