*A government schoolteacher has been arrested for impersonating a candidate in the Karnataka State Police Constable Examination held last year. *
The candidate, Sunil Kumar, 23, applied for the civil constable's post and passed the physical endurance test. But he chickened out before the written exam. So, he approached a relative, Manjunath, 39, who is a teacher at government high school in KR Nagar, to take the exam on his behalf. Manjunath backed out, saying he was too old to take the exam and feared being caught.
Nonetheless, Manjunath got another of their relatives, Umesh, 33, also a teacher at the same high school, to take the exam. Umesh agreed and appeared for the exam in Kumar's name. When the results came, "Kumar" had topped the exam.
A few months passed and the examiners didn't find anything fishy. Recently, however, a senior officer in the police recruitment and training wing received an anonymous letter, which suggested that Kumar hadn't taken the exam but someone else impersonated him. The exam was held at the Smt VHD Central Institute of Home Science. The officer ordered a probe.
Investigators checked the candidates' details. They examined Kumar's signature and thumb impression taken during the physical test and found that they didn't match with the signature and thumb impression taken during the written exam.
Later, a senior officer in the police commissionerate lodged a complaint with the Upparpet police. Another senior police officer, who is investigating the case, said they had questioned the invigilator who said he could not identify the impersonator as the photograph in the admission ticket was "blurred". The police have arrested all the three men. Reported by Deccan Herald 20 hours ago.
The candidate, Sunil Kumar, 23, applied for the civil constable's post and passed the physical endurance test. But he chickened out before the written exam. So, he approached a relative, Manjunath, 39, who is a teacher at government high school in KR Nagar, to take the exam on his behalf. Manjunath backed out, saying he was too old to take the exam and feared being caught.
Nonetheless, Manjunath got another of their relatives, Umesh, 33, also a teacher at the same high school, to take the exam. Umesh agreed and appeared for the exam in Kumar's name. When the results came, "Kumar" had topped the exam.
A few months passed and the examiners didn't find anything fishy. Recently, however, a senior officer in the police recruitment and training wing received an anonymous letter, which suggested that Kumar hadn't taken the exam but someone else impersonated him. The exam was held at the Smt VHD Central Institute of Home Science. The officer ordered a probe.
Investigators checked the candidates' details. They examined Kumar's signature and thumb impression taken during the physical test and found that they didn't match with the signature and thumb impression taken during the written exam.
Later, a senior officer in the police commissionerate lodged a complaint with the Upparpet police. Another senior police officer, who is investigating the case, said they had questioned the invigilator who said he could not identify the impersonator as the photograph in the admission ticket was "blurred". The police have arrested all the three men. Reported by Deccan Herald 20 hours ago.