Delhi Police, UP STF Expose SSC exam racket that used screen sharing software to cheat
New Delhi : The UP Special Task Force and Delhi Police, together, have exposed a group who helped candidates cheat in the exams by using remote access tool softwares like Team Viewer. The gang would take around Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh depending on the exam from the candidates, the police said.
A joint operation by Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force and Delhi Police have busted a team of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) examination solvers who were behind the SSC exam cheating cases. The gang were helping SSC candidates via remote access tool softwares like Team Viewer.
The Uttar Pradesh STF identified the accused as Sonu Singh, Ajay Jaiswal, Param and Gaurav. Police said they have identified two other persons — Harpal and Anni — who are escaping from the hand of police team. The gang were reported to demand around Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh depending on the exam from the candidates, the police said. Also, the gang was also running more than ten SSC exam centres where the aspirants would cheat using the Team Viewer software.
“The accused persons would gain access to the computer systems of the candidates who paid the money. The solver would then answer all the questions using the software. When the Team Viewer software could not be used, they would take control of the computer by fixing the LAN connections with that of another computer in the exam centre and answer all the questions,” DSP (UP STF) Brijesh Singh said.
According to sources in UP STF, Harpal and Sonu were the main leaders in the racket. The two accused were in a partnership as Harpal would supply the required infrastructure while Sonu would help in getting candidates.
The Delhi Police mentioned that the gang members were arrested after the cops had raided a building in Timarpur area in North Delhi. The police also recovered ten mobile phones, three laptops, three luxury cars, a pen drive, hard disk and Rs five lakh in cash, from the building.
The mobile phones will now be examined to find out the number of candidates who had cheated in the exams. The police believe that the candidate’s number may shoot up to “several hundred”. “We have their WhatsApp screenshots, call details and other crucial evidence,” said a police officer.
According to the police information, this gang started operating since 2011. The members had made their initial step by setting up dummy candidates in written exams. Later on, with the introduction of online SSC exam formaT, the gang members thought of using team viewer software and also acquired details of examination centres to facilitate cheating, police said.
The UP STF had got inputs about Sonu’s involvement in the gang and mounted surveillance for 15 days. “We wanted evidence against Sonu before the raid. So we waited for him to make his move. Our officers caught him in a team viewer session around 10:30 am helping a candidate solve his paper. The Delhi Police was then informed about the raid,” Singh said.
The police have said that the gang’s main base of operations was in Delhi. However, they had also managed to trace their activities in other states. “One of the accused, Gaurav, had visited a Jaipur-based centre on March 20 and helped a candidate cheat in his SSC exam,” Singh said
