Suspects manipulated answer sheets in moving car; TNPSC staff among 2 more held
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:27.01.2020
With the help of an employee from the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) scamsters manipulated answers scripts of 52 candidates who appeared for Group IV exam in a moving vehicle on the intervening night of September 1 and 2, the CBCID said in a release on Sunday.
Two more people including TNPSC employee H Omkanthan were arrested on Sunday, taking the total people arrested in the scam to nine since probe began on Friday.
Omkanthan came in contact with broker Jayakumar of Mogappair through an agent named Palani last year, a release from the CBCID said. After striking a deal, Jayakumar had asked Omkanthan to select Keelakarai and Rameswaram examination centres for exam duty, the release said. Jayakumar reached the place a day earlier, and after collecting cash from the candidates, he gave them the special pens with vanishing ink to write the exam with.
Jayakumar followed the van ferrying answer scripts to Chennai, for which Omkanthan was one of the escorts, in a car. When the van was stopped around 10.30pm for dinner near Sivaganga, Omkanthan took Manickavel (other escort), the van’s driver and a policeman guarding the vehicle to a restaurant on the other side of the road after parking the vehicle.
Omkanthan sat others in the restaurant and handed over the keys to the answer sheets locker to Jayakumar. Jayakumar opened the van, took the bundles out and made changes in the car all night while following the van. The answer sheets were put back in place when the van was stopped for tea near Vikravandi around 5.30am.
Police said the main suspect, Jayakumar, is still absconding, and police teams are searching for him.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai:27.01.2020
With the help of an employee from the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) scamsters manipulated answers scripts of 52 candidates who appeared for Group IV exam in a moving vehicle on the intervening night of September 1 and 2, the CBCID said in a release on Sunday.
Two more people including TNPSC employee H Omkanthan were arrested on Sunday, taking the total people arrested in the scam to nine since probe began on Friday.
Omkanthan came in contact with broker Jayakumar of Mogappair through an agent named Palani last year, a release from the CBCID said. After striking a deal, Jayakumar had asked Omkanthan to select Keelakarai and Rameswaram examination centres for exam duty, the release said. Jayakumar reached the place a day earlier, and after collecting cash from the candidates, he gave them the special pens with vanishing ink to write the exam with.
Jayakumar followed the van ferrying answer scripts to Chennai, for which Omkanthan was one of the escorts, in a car. When the van was stopped around 10.30pm for dinner near Sivaganga, Omkanthan took Manickavel (other escort), the van’s driver and a policeman guarding the vehicle to a restaurant on the other side of the road after parking the vehicle.
Omkanthan sat others in the restaurant and handed over the keys to the answer sheets locker to Jayakumar. Jayakumar opened the van, took the bundles out and made changes in the car all night while following the van. The answer sheets were put back in place when the van was stopped for tea near Vikravandi around 5.30am.
Police said the main suspect, Jayakumar, is still absconding, and police teams are searching for him.
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