Monday, 05 AUGUST 2024 | PNS | DEHRADUN
Police apprehended a Haryana resident for impersonating a candidate during the junior translation officer examination conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Dehradun on Saturday. The Dehradun senior superintendent of police Ajai Singh said that the incident occurred on August 3 during the second shift of the examination which was being held at Army Public School examination centre in Clement Town. A man named Sandeep Kumar allegedly attempted to take the examination in place of a candidate named Rinku. Singh. The fraud was detected when the biometric attendance did not match the candidate’s identity due to which the examination authorities promptly identified the imposter. Later, the principal of the Army Public School lodged a formal complaint at the Clement Town police station where an FIR was lodged. The police arrested Sandeep Kumar on Sunday and have started an investigation to determine if there are any more accomplices involved in this fraudulent act. The police will also nab the candidate who hired the accused to give his exam. The accused will face legal proceedings as per the stipulated laws, the SSP said. He further stated that this incident also emphasised the vigilance of examination authorities and the effective use of biometric verification systems in curbing exam-related fraud.
