Gurugram: Man arrested for impersonating in exam

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly appearing in an examination for recruitment in the Border Security Force (BSF) by impersonating a candidate after taking ₹1.5 lakh, police said

A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for allegedly appearing in an examination for recruitment in the Border Security Force (BSF) by impersonating a candidate after taking ₹1.5 lakh, police said. A vigilance team of BSF caught him red-handed at a private school in Khandsa where the examination was held on Sunday, said police.

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Amit Kumar, deputy commandant, board member of BSF, said that Partik Singh of Hisar was arrested on Sunday for trying to take the examination for the post of assistant sub-inspector in BSF for another candidate.

Kumar said the suspect is an engineer and had taken ₹1.5 lakh to appear in the candidate’s place and assured him to clear the examination.

Police registered an FIR under sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating), and 120 B (conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code at Badshahpur police station on Sunday.

“Prima facie, it looks like it is a work of a gang. Partik told us during questioning that he did it for money, but this was his first time. We are questioning him to check if he was earlier also involved in a similar case,” said Dinkar (who goes by his first name), station house officer of Badshahpur police station.

In August last year five persons were arrested for allegedly cheating in a BSF constable recruitment exam. While four were cheating using a Bluetooth device, one was caught impersonating a candidate and taking the exam in his place, said police.