OMR sheet fudge: More Rajasthan, Bihar jobs under lens

LUCKNOW: Two more Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Services Selection Board (RSMSSB) recruitment exams that were to be conducted have come under the scanner of UP Police’s special task force (STF) which arrested two employees of a Gomtinagar-based firm who promised selections in lieu of bribe.
The same firm has also bagged the tender to conduct Bihar police constable recruitment and one more exam of Rajasthan state subordinate services.
STF sleuths had on Friday arrested Vinod Kumar Gaur, Shadan Khan and their three aides, and seized Rs 62 lakhs in cash and OMR sheets from them.
STF sleuths are now probing whether the accused also tried to rig other competitive exams.
Additional superintendent of police (STF) Neeraj Pandey told TOI, “During interrogation, Gaur and Khan revealed that the firm they worked in was also conducting recruitment exams for Bihar Police constables and Rajasthan state subordinate services.”
“We are writing to both states to verify if the accused were indulging in similar malpractices there also,” added Pandey.
Senior STF officers have written to Rajasthan government to provide details of all candidates shortlisted in the examination.
Investigations revealed that more candidates paid bribes for selection.
All the exams conducted by the firm in past 101 years will be probed by STF, he added.
The candidates paying bribes submitted blank OMR sheets to invigilators after examination. Khan took out the OMR sheets and gave them to Gaur who filled them up before being sent for evaluation.