Meerut’s cheating racket: STF says tip of iceberg, asks UP to form SIT and probe

Meerut | Sunday | 18th March, 2018

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How a retired staffer was still on university payroll,” a senior STF officer said.“Over 600 non-meritorious students became doctors through the racket. The racket’s kingpin, Kaviraj Singh, and three officials of the Meerut’s university, including one staffer and two contractual employees, were arrested. A case has been registered at the local police station and the probe should ideally involve tracking down these students who used unfair means to pass the examination,” STF inspector general Amitabh Yash had said. There were gaping loopholes. Meerut: Uttar Pradesh Police’s Special Task Force (STF) on Sunday recommended the state government to set up an SIT and track down over 600 “non-meritorious” students who became doctors with the help of a cheating racket unearthed Saturday in Meerut’s Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU).Sensing a massive fraud, the STF asked the UP government to form a dedicated probe wing and catch all the university officials involved in the racket.The STF had on Saturday busted a gang involved in running the massive cheating racket which helped over 600 non-meritorious students pass the MBBS examination and become doctors in the state..