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The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has arrested different subordinate of a racket that facilitated cheating utilizing high-tech methods for candidates astatine an online introspection centre successful Dehradun during a Staff Selection Commission (SSC) recruitment exam 3 months ago.
The racket was busted connected February 13 this twelvemonth during the online introspection conducted by the SSC for Multi-Tasking (Non-Technical) Staff and Havaldar posts.
Uttarakhand STF Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Singh said successful Dehradun connected Saturday (May 1that, pursuing a bid of quality inputs, the squad apprehended the accused — identified arsenic Ishwari Prasad (also known arsenic Indrajit Sharma and Inder) — astatine St John's Academy successful Nehru Gram, Dehradun.
He further informed that a laptop utilized for facilitating cheating, 4 mobile phones, 2 net routers, 14 mini Bluetooth devices and receivers, a SIM box, 20 batteries, different physics equipment, and fake ID cards were recovered from Ishwari Prasad, a nonmigratory of Nihal Vihar, Delhi. He was successful the process of installing these devices successful the laboratory of St John's Academy.
The SSP stated that connected February 13, it was allegedly Ishwari Prasad who prepared the server room, introspection lab, and an underground enclosure astatine the MKP introspection centre to facilitate cheating. So far, the STF has arrested 4 members of the racket, including Ishwari Prasad. He added that, pursuing the accused's arrest, the St. John's Academy introspection centre — which had been designated for the SSC Constable (GD) online introspection scheduled for May 18 — has been sealed.
The SSP besides mentioned that the accused was a wanted fishy successful transportation with cheating incidents that occurred during the Tier-I 'Multi-Tasking Staff' and 'Clerical Staff' examinations conducted by the SSC successful November 2025. During the interrogation of the accused, accusation emerged indicating that the servers astatine St John's Academy, arsenic good arsenic astatine definite different locations, had been 'compromised.' He stated that St John's Academy is besides designated arsenic an introspection centre for the SSC introspection scheduled to beryllium held 2 days from now, connected May 18; the Regional Director of the SSC has been duly informed regarding this matter.
