AHMEDABAD: A team of the local crime branch (LCB) of
Gandhinagar police on Monday night arrested the prime accused in Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board (GSSSB) head clerk exam paper leak case,
Jayesh Patel, from Sanchore in Rajasthan, said officials on Tuesday.
Jayesh Patel, 39, a resident of Prantij in
Sabarkantha
, is believed to be the linchpin of the entire conspiracy.
“We caught Jayesh Patel through technical surveillance and human intelligence from Sanchore when he travelling in his car in an attemptto flee to another state,” said an officer of Gandhinagar police. Patel was handed over to Sabarkantha police, as the FIR in connection with the offence was registered at Prantij police station there.
Two candidates — Ritesh Prajapati and Ronak Sadhu — who had taken the exam after getting the leaked paper from Jayesh Patel and his associates, were also nabbed by Sabarkantha police on Monday night, said Sabarkantha SP Neeraj Badgujar.
With this, 14 people have been arrested from various parts of the state in connection with this case, he said. The FIR was lodged a week back under Indian Penal Code sections for cheating, criminal breach of trust and criminal conspiracy.
Gandhinagar police officers said they have also seized Rs 60 lakh cash so far, in raids on the houses and other premises linked to four alleged perpetrators.
On Sunday, Gandhinagar police arrested Deepak Patel, a resident of Hathijan in Dehgam; Mangesh Shirke, a resident of Nava Naroda; and Shirke’s relative, Kishor Acharya, a resident of Manipur village in Sanand.
According to police, Upadhyay, a supervisor at the printing press in Sanand, provided copies of the paper to Shirke and Deepak who sold it to another accused,
Deval Patel
.
Deval, in tandem with Jayesh Patel, sold the papers to candidates for about Rs 12 lakh.
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