Hyderabad: Machender, a railway employee, the prime accused in the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) examinations scam, formed a team comprising Iliyas, Varun and four others identified as Giridhar, Venkatesh, Ashok and Srinivas, who helped him prepare the answers for the question papers.
Police sources said that Machender was also helped by an invigilator (yet to be identified) for leaking the question papers. “The question paper was collected from the examination center where the RRB exam was held, and sent to Varun. His associates, who are tech savvy, played a prominent role in preparing the relevant answers from Internet and other sources,” said B. Pushpan Kumar, Inspector SOT.
After compiling the answers, the candidates in the examination centers were informed. The gang members and also people related to the candidates were operating from the Salarjung water pump at the Upparguda railway gate near Moula Ali railway quarters in Malkajgiri.
“The candidate had an electronic device, a concealed ear pin. The accused, through a continuous call, relayed the answers to the candidates sitting in the examination halls at various places,” said an official.
Three candidates were arrested from the Dilsukhnagar Public School, two from Sri Chaitanya Junior Kalasala in Chaitanyapuri and five candidates from Gowtham Model School at Tirumalgherry.
Officials seized SIM cards and ear pins from them. Police said that the RRB exams were conducted in schools including Dilsukhnagar Public School, Chaitanayapuri, Sri Chaitanya Junior Kalasala, Archana Complex, Gowtham Model School, Tirumalgherry, DAV Public School, Neredemet, Samaritans High School, Neredemet, Govinda Raja Swamy ARTs College in Tirupati, Sri Padmavathi Women’s Degree and PG College, Tirupati, St. Rita High school, Miyapur, Ravindra Bharathi Public School, Vijayawada, Gowtham Degree College, Vijayawada and other places in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Electronic devices with built in SIM cards, laptops, printer, ear pins, batteries, cell phones, data cards, bikes, etc. were seized from the accused. The accused and the seized material were handed over to the Malkajgiri inspector for further action. Officials said there might be more arrests.
