Delhi police busts exam racket, 7 arrested

The Delhi police on Tuesday busted an impersonation racket involved in fixing impersonators to sit for National Open School examinations here.

The Crime Branch of the Delhi police has arrested 5 impersonators, one school employee and owner of a coaching institute.

Acting on a tip off, the sleuths of the crime branch raided the examination center at a secondary school in Sadatpur, where 12th class economics exam was being conducted and discovered that five impersonators were giving exams.

The arrested accused were identified as Jitender Kumar (18), Amit Chauhan  (23), Satish Kumar (27), Shushma (30), Vijender Kumar (20).

Dr Joy Tirkey, additional deputy Commissioner of police, crime branch said, “The impersonation racket has been going on for the last four years. The persons appearing in exams were not real candidates but were impersonating on behalf of the real candidates.”

During interrogation the arrested accused persons disclosed that their services were hired by a coaching institute, who used to assure its students of passing the exams with guarantee. The owner of the institute used to charge Rs 5000 to 7,000 for providing impersonator to appear in one examination only.

Tirky explained that if one student felt that he was weak in mathematics, the institute used to provide him with an impersonator and charge Rs 5000. But if some student wanted impersonator to appear on behalf of him in three exams he would have to pay thrice the money.

During interrogations it was revealed that Shyam Sharma who is the Manager of the Senior Secondary School in Sadatpur Extension was the king pin of the racket.

Shyam Sharma with the connivance of Shashi Bhushan who runs a coaching institute at Sadatpur ran the racket. While police managed to arrest Shyam Sharma and a teacher in connection with the case, the owner of the coaching center is absconding.