AIPMT cheating: Police conducting raids to nab main accused

Haryana Police's Special Investigation Team continued to carry out raids to nab the main accused in the case involving alleged passing on of answer keys to some students during the All India Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT) held on May 3.
"We are conducting raids to nab the key accused Roop Singh Dangi, who is on the run," SIT member, Inspector Vijay Dahiya said today.
Police sources said the raids were underway in Rajasthan and some parts of Haryana to nab the key accused.
"Once we have him in the net, we will confront him with other accused to dig out more details in the case. Many things will become clear once he is caught," he said.

Asked if Rohtak police had written to CBSE seeking cancellation of the AIPMT examination, Dahiya said, "We have asked the CBSE to verify the authenticity of the answer keys".
He, however, did not share more details, saying, investigations were going on.

Yesterday, Rohtak police had formed the SIT to carry out an in depth probe into the arrest of two dentists and an MBBS student among others for allegedly passing on answer keys to some students during the exam.
The SIT headed by DSP Rohtak Amit Bhatia also consists of incharge of CIA-2 unit (of Rohtak police) Inspector Vijay and incharge of Rohtak Special Task Force, Sub Inspector Rakesh.

Earlier, the police arrested the four accused who were identified as Bhupinder and Sanjeet, both dentists, MBBS student Ravi of Noida and Rajesh of Gadhi Khedi village in the district.
During investigations, it came to light that the accused were working in collusion with Rohtak-based Roop Singh Dangi who had provided them with 'answer keys'.
Police are probing at least nine candidates with whom the accused had struck a deal of Rs 15-20 lakh to help them pass the examination.
Police had received information that the accused were staying in a hotel in Panipat, but were later arrested near here.

The accused who have been taken into police remand, had sent answer keys for 90 objective questions to the students through WhatsApp before the examination began.
A case under relevant sections has been registered against the accused.
In a modus operandi similar to a case in November 2012, when seven MBBS doctors were caught cheating at four examination centres in Chandigarh by anti-corruption branch of the CBI; the accused used sophisticated vests attached with SIM card units and bluetooth-enabled earpieces to provide the answers in the AIPMT.