RANCHI: A major alleged conspiracy to leak the Excise Constable recruitment examination paper, being held today, came to light at Rangamati under Tamar police station in Ranchi, with more than 150 individuals taken into custody from the spot.
As per the information received, preparations for this operation were being carried out secretly in an under-construction building located approximately one to two kilometres off the main Rangamati road.
Acting swiftly on intelligence regarding the presence of a large number of examinees at the location around midnight on Saturday, a team from Ranchi Police arrived at the scene, conducted a raid and detained over 150 youths who had gathered at a specific location and are currently being interrogated.
Several electronic devices were also seized from the premises and are being examined.
The youths were taken into custody on the grounds of suspicion and have reportedly been kept at Tamar Police Station. Senior officers of Ranchi Police are conducting the interrogation of the detained youths.
According to local sources, a majority of the detained youths had arrived to appear for the Excise Constable examination and were gathered at a single spot, discussing the leak of the question paper.
Upon receiving information about the matter, Ranchi Rural SP Praveen Pushkar took immediate cognisance of the situation; he personally rushed to the spot and took the youths into custody, they said.
Those detained are said to have arrived in luxury cars from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
As the police raided the spot, chaos ensued among those present. Two examinees managed to flee; however, the police apprehended several suspects at the spot and immediately commenced their interrogation.
Police suspect that attempts were being made to share confidential information related to the examination using these devices.
The police are actively working to unearth the entire network involved and are striving to identify the individuals behind this conspiracy.
Ranchi Rural SP Praveen Pushkar said that the police took immediate action after receiving intelligence input about some suspicious people near the examination hall.
Given the gravity of the situation, every aspect of the case is currently being thoroughly investigated, he said.
According to the SP, they are also attempting to ascertain whether this is part of a larger syndicate. Full details of the case will only be revealed once the investigation is complete, he said.
The police operation is continuing, with senior officials keeping a close watch on the entire sequence of events.