Pune: Man cheats 7 Navy job aspirants, held

Pune | Friday | 31st August, 2018

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“Our candidate approached Prakash and promised him to pay Rs 7 lakh in lieu of answer keys. Accordingly, Prakash started working for him,” a senior intelligence officer told TOI.The duo, the officer said, attended recruitment rallies to lure aspirants.“Later, they used to send fake answer keys to aspirants and charge money. In 2016, Prakash got in contact with one Dhanraj More, who had promised him lucrative return if he provided candidates’ contacts. We strongly suspect that they might have cheated candidates in the similar fashion in the past. OP Singh, an assistant regulating officer of the Navy police, told TOI on Thursday, “During subsequent interrogation, the aspirant revealed that one Prakash Kotkar from Ahmednagar had provided him answer keys through WhatsApp and six other candidates on August 27 (Monday) night..