HP police job scam: Eight constables held

THE ACCUSED CAME UNDER SCANNER AFTER KINGPIN OF 2019 POLICE RECRUITMENT SCAM BIKRAM CHAUDHARY REVEALED THEIR NAMES DURING INTERROGATION

DHARAMSHALA: A special investigation team (SIT) of police have arrested eight constables who allegedly cracked the police recruitment examination fraudulently and joined the services. The examinations were held between 2012 to 2017.

They had come under scanner after kingpin of 2019 police recruitment scam Bikram Chaudhary revealed their names during interrogation.

The accused have been identified as Vinod Kumar, Sandeep Sapehia, Rikki Chaudhary, Sampat, Ravi, Manjeet Singh, Mukesh, Amarjeet, residents of Jawali and Fatehpur sub-divisions. They had cracked the examination with the help of imposters provided by Bikram Chaudhary.

Six of them were posted at 4th Indian Reserve Battalion (IRB) Jangalberi and two at 2nd IRB Sakoh.

They were sent to three-day police remand by a local court in Palampur on Wednesday.

Palampur deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Amit Sharma, who is heading the SIT, said the police will also match signatures of the accused constables with those on answer sheets.

On August 11, 2019, police had busted an impersonation during the constable recruitment exam with the arrest of six youths from Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, who were appearing as paper solvers.

They were held from the examination centre set up at Paraur near Palampur, where more than 11,000 candidates were taking the examination. So far, more than 40 people have been arrested in the case, including the aspirants who hired services of the imposters.

After Bikram spilled the beans, police booked nine police officials and also identified employees of other departments who cracked recruitment examinations held between 2012 to 2017.