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Once so is the 'deal', cops must be equipped enough with substantial tips from significant sources within, which ultimately led to  foiling an organised market of job selling spread across the length and breadth of Bengal. 

 

The brokers 'selling' question papers of Police Recruitment Board exam from a makeshift tent at a remote village in Budbud block was exposed in combined intensive raids by the police that continued since this morning resulting arrest of 10 persons comprising the kingpins and some job aspirants from different Bengal districts. 

 

On Thursday only, a 40 year old youth Subhashis Biswas was arrested from Kargil Morh in Gangarampur, South Dinajpur with Rs 20 Lakh in cash for his alleged involvement in a racket offering Constable jobs against bribe. Also, a Civic Police Volunteer Narayan Bhattacharya of the same Gangarampur Police Station, his wife Parvati Roy were booked last week after an aspirant for the post of Lady Constable complained that the duo had been denying to return her original document papers as she'd failed arranging Rs 9 Lakh in cash for 'buying' the job. 

 

Three of the accused were detained at the Burdwan Junction Railway Station and seven were booked from inside the tent at Kalamdanga village in Budbud Police Station area of East Burdwan today. Interestingly enough,  the police also seized a water takner owned by local Debsala Panchayat from the tent area and two vehicles. The tanker was parked there since last evening for the exam candidates. 

 

The Pradhan of Debsala Panchayat, Bithika Mete denied the allegiance of any Panchayat members in the question paper pilferage racket. Mete said: "The tanker was hired by one Asanoor Mondal for the purpose of drinking water arrangement as many assembled at his house after his sister passed away four days ago." After that the vehicle mounted tanker wasn't issued fresh assignment, she said, adding: "We don't have any idea - how the tanker was parked there and by whom. We will inquire about this tomorrow." Asanoor surprisingly disappeared from his residence today, the police said. 

 

The exam for the recruitment of Constables against 11,749 declared vacancies was scheduled on Sunday. Prior to that, the police received a tip off from the PRB that three kingpins involved in pilfering question papers were arriving Burdwan from Naihati, North 24 Parganas. The tip off hinted that the persons were selling question papers of the scheduled Police Constable Exam 2025. The Crime Branch already had gathered the photographs and some personal details of the three persons.

 

The officials of Burdwan Police Station, accompanied by the Crime Branch members and the GRP staffs intercepted the said three persons the moment they got down from UP Poorvanchal Express at 4:55 am today. They immediately were taken to the Cyber Police Station in the town. 

 

The accused were identified as - Sanju Sarkar, Kaushik Chatterjee and Surajit Adhikari. They hailed from Chakdaha, Nadia. Six cellphones were seized from their possession. The officials gathered some valuable inputs and came to know that they were destined to reach Mankar Railway Station first where some 'gang members' were assigned to accompany them to Kalamdanga village on three motorcycles.

 

The police team cracked down at the Kalamdanga tent and booked seven persons where, the local villagers claimed that at least 200 had assembled in phases since yesterday late afternoon. Some arrested job incumbents  - Dibyendu Mahato, Karunamoy Mahato, Radhakanta Karmakar and Abhishek Mahato were from Joypur, Tamna and Burrabazar PS areas of Purulia, and two others - Kaushik Ghosh, Rakesh Ghosh hailed from Shantipur and Krishnagar in Nadia and another identified as Sujit Pramanik was from Bamongola in Malda. The officials were surprised while examining their WhatsApp chats and several contents linked to the Constable recruitment exam.

 

The accused were granted police remand for five days. They were slapped charges of criminal conspiracy, cheating, assembly for committing crime and organised crime under Sections - 61 (2), 318 (4), 111(2 & 6) and 112 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.