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Ex-serviceman arrested for the army question paper leak

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The Thane police cracked a recruitment racket in the army following the leak of question papers of an examination conducted by the Army Recruitment Board. 18 suspects, including a retired serviceman and a paramilitary personnel, have been arrested during raids in Maharashtra and Goa since last midnight.

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The sources said the army has ordered an internal enquiry and further action will be taken based on the findings. Tests were likely to be “countermanded” in more centres. Joint Commissioner of Thane police Ashutosh Dumbare said 350 students who possessed question papers were also detained for questioning.

A case has been registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, IT Act and Prevention of Corruption Act against the accused who were being brought to Thane for further probe. Among those arrested 9 were from Pune, 6 from Nagpur and three from Goa, he said.

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Of the detained candidates, 79 are from Pune, 222 from Nagpur and 49 from Goa, the officer said. The Thane police had received information a couple of days back from an institute which conducts coaching classes for army job aspirants that some city students were to be given the question papers in advance for a price.

Around 80 officials of the Thane city police laid a trap and caught the students and middlemen from lodges and other places with the copies of question papers, the officer said.

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The middlemen had also arranged for fake domicile and residence proof for students hailing from other places so as to enable them to appear for the exams in that zone. The beneficiary was to pay around Rs 4 to 5 lakh to the middlemen, said Dumbare.

The police suspect that the papers were leaked either from the press where it was printed or from the distribution centres. The Thane city police are exchanging information with Director of Army Recruitment Exams and also the Military Intelligence wing regarding the leak, he said.

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DCP, Crime, Parag Manere said the papers were leaked to aspirants through Whatsapp. Following the tip-off about the leak, Thane police, with the help of their local counterparts, conducted raids in Nashik, Pune and Nagpur in Maharashtra, and Goa. Some aspirants were found writing the papers at different places in Thane during the raids.

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