CBI,UT police arrest 11 for impersonation in CTU exam

The CBI teams found four impersonators,while three others identified by the centre staff were also transferred to the investigating agency’s custody. One candidate,on whose behest someone had proxied,was caught.

“An invigilator got suspicious when a candidate in only 20 minutes attempted 75 questions. When confronted,the candidate said that he was from Haryana. However,when he was asked about the name of his village and caste,he got confused as he actually hailed from Bihar. After verification of the application form,it was discovered that he was impersonating a relative of his who is from Haryana,” said a source.

As many as 68 CCTV cameras,24 duty magistrates and 800 police personnel were involved in this exercise. It has been decided that signatures of those who are selected in the final list will be sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) and their signatures on application forms will be cross checked as against those on the examination sheets. Also,the CCTV footage of those who appeared in the examination will be looked into at the time of preparation of final list of selected candidates.

One of the impersonators is a BA first-year student of DAV College,Chandigarh; two of the impersonators came from Bihar. Rest of the proxy writers came from various parts of Haryana.

At the request of CBI,the admit cards of all the candidates were retained for further probe. The number of impersonators is likely to increase after investigations conclude. Some of the arrested have been identified as Rinkoo,resident of Bihar,who was caught impersonating for Sonu,a resident of Jind; Pawan Kumar,who proxied for Sukhwinder Singh of Haryana; Deepak Dahiya,who took the examination in place of Ravinder Singh Dahiya (he was arrested,too); Vikas Kumar,Meutan Kumar Bharti,Sanjay and Amit Kumar.