Jaipur, April 4 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, police have arrested Rakesh Kumar Rewad, who had been on the run for over a year in connection with the Bluetooth-based cheating racket in the Junior Clerk Grade-II recruitment exam.
Rewad was apprehended on Friday by Investigation Officer Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Additional Police Commissioner, Shastri Nagar.
Additional Director General of Police (Licensing & Welfare) Vishal Baly informed that the case pertains to the Rajasthan High Court–ordered re-examinations of the Clerk Grade-II posts under the Combined Competitive Examination-2022, held on March 12 and 19, 2023.
Rewad, a resident of District Churu, had appeared for the March 19 exam at Sanganer Tehsil S.S. School, Jaipur.
He was found using Bluetooth-enabled micro-devices to receive answers from external handlers. Investigations revealed that the main facilitator, Ishwar Kailash, had been providing candidates with Bluetooth-connected mobile devices in exchange for large sums of money.
Reward received answers through this setup during the exam.
A separate case (FIR No. 66/2024 at Police Station Shastri Nagar) is already under investigation under Indian Penal Code (IPC) Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B, and Sections 3, 4, 6, 10 of the Rajasthan Public Examination (Prevention of Unfair Means) Act, 2022.
Rewad was also found to be involved in Bluetooth-enabled cheating during the Patwari recruitment exam held on May 14, 2023.
Following confirmation of malpractices, the State Government cancelled the affected examinations.
The probe also uncovered that handlers Ishwar Kailash and his associate Ramlal Kailash collected hefty amounts from multiple aspirants and supplied them with devices to transmit answers during exams.
Earlier, on October 19, 2024, Rewad’s wife, Chandrakala Rewad, was also arrested for similar Bluetooth-based cheating during the VDO/RO recruitment examination.
Rewad had been evading arrest for over a year, prompting the Additional Director General to announce a reward of Rs 25,000 for information leading to his capture.
Police have stated that further investigations are underway to identify and arrest other members involved in the racket.
–IANS
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