Punjab Police Busts Haryana-Based Cheating Syndicate,: Harjot Singh Bains joins IGP Faridkot in PC
CHANDIGARH; Punjab Police has exposed a Haryana-based inter-state cheating syndicate led by a Bhiwani mastermind that allegedly used sophisticated technology to facilitate cheating in the BFUHS Faridkot pharmacy examination, Punjab Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains said on Friday, asserting that the operation had exposed Haryana’s organised cheating network and put to rest allegations of a paper leak. Pointing out that the Haryana Government allowed the racket to flourish for years, he said the Bhagwant Mann Government would not allow anyone to defame Punjab’s education system, which has transformed from “Udta Punjab” into “Pardha Punjab.”
Addressing a press conference at the PEDA Complex here, Minister Harjot Singh Bains said , “The Haryana Police failed to act against the cheating syndicate. It was Punjab Police that cracked the BFUHS Faridkot pharmacy examination cheating case, whose trail led to a Bhiwani-based mastermind. Despite this, attempts are being made to defame Punjab.”
Inspector General of Police, Faridkot Range, Nilambri Jagdale, gave a detailed account of the operation through which Punjab Police’s Counter Intelligence wing, along with Faridkot and Ferozepur Range Police, dismantled a sophisticated inter-state cheating syndicate having deep roots in Haryana’s Bhiwani. “Let me make one thing absolutely clear. This is not a paper leak case. It is a highly organised, technology-driven cheating racket with inter-state linkages. Ten handlers have been arrested so far, along with 25 candidates who used unfair means during the examination,” said the IGP.
She said investigation has so far identified 13 handlers, including eight from Haryana and Rajasthan and five from Punjab.
Sharing details of the operation, IGP Nilambri Jagdale said that on the morning of July 19, Punjab Police received specific intelligence inputs that an inter-state gang was planning to facilitate cheating during the BFUHS pharmacy examination using advanced wireless and Bluetooth devices. “The intelligence led us to a house in Society Nagar, Faridkot, belonging to Gurmeet Singh. It had been converted into a makeshift control room equipped with wireless transmitters, modified mobile phones and handlers waiting to dictate answers,” she said.
Explaining the modus operandi, the IGP said a candidate from Bhiwani used a spy camera to capture images of the question paper immediately after the examination began. “The images were transmitted to a handler, Sajan of Bhiwani, who solved the paper. The answers were then relayed to the control room, where handlers Deepak and Manjeet dictated the answers to candidates inside examination centres through wireless devices. Before they could execute the plan, Punjab Police teams raided the control room and arrested all six handlers red-handed,” she said.
The IGP said more than 200 Punjab Police personnel were deployed across multiple examination centres, while all supervisors, controllers and observers were immediately alerted to conduct intensive frisking of candidates.
She said police recovered 38 modified Kechaoda phones, including 25 from candidates and 13 from handlers, besides 21 hidden wireless earpieces and two vehicles used in the operation. “The Kechaoda K33 phones were procured from Delhi and modified using tutorials available on YouTube. The devices were stripped of their screens, microphones and speakers before being fitted with RF frequency transmitters. The hidden earpieces fit deep inside the ear canal and are invisible to the naked eye, demonstrating how sophisticated this network had become,” she said.
Clarifying the nature of the investigation, IGP Nilambri Jagdale categorically stated that no government employee, examination official or centre supervisor had been found involved in the case. “I want to make this absolutely clear. This is neither a paper leak case nor is there any involvement of any government employee, officer or examination centre staff. The investigation has established that the cheating gang operated entirely from outside using candidates as conduits,” she said.
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