Aspirants’ files found in key accused’s home

Lucknow | Thursday | 10th January, 2019

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The roll numbers of the candidates recovered have also been shared with exam centre in charges in order to know the exact centers, the officer added.A senior officer part of the probe said that possibility of 20 impostors taking the exam in place of real examinees could not be ruled out. LUCKNOW: UP STF have recovered documents related to over 100 candidates, who appeared in UP government’s assistant teachers’ selection examination, from the house of the prime accused in the seat fixing racket.STF sleuths raided the house of mastermind Arun Kumar Singh’s sister in Aashiana on late Tuesday night.Among the documents recovered were photocopies of admit cards, Aadhaar cards of some candidates and an excel worksheet with names and addresses of examinees. Names of 20 candidates from other states were also mentioned in the documents seized.STF had arrested nine persons from National Inter College in city on Sunday following a tip-off that they were rigging the assistant teachers’ examinations.ASP STF Satyasen Yadav said the documents seized had details of candidates taking the exam at other centres in the city, hinting at the possibility that they were in touch with Arun or were provided assistance through invigilators at other centres.“We have taken down the names and will get a verification of the addresses done with the help of local police,” said Yadav..