Bengaluru: Gang gave away answers, charged Rs 10 lakh per candidate

BENGALURU: The kingpins of the First Division Assistant (FDA) question paper leak racket seem to be having their network in all the districts though CCB police are still clueless about from where exactly the paper was sourced.
Police said prime accused Chandra and Rachappa might have purchased it from the main kingpins and later sold it to candidates.

They approached several applicants, convinced them that they would arrange a question paper for them and make sure that they will be selected for government jobs. They charged Rs 10 lakh per candidate.
According to sources, the key operatives at district level or in cities would purchase the paper for the kingpins by paying up to Rs 1 crore per set. They would locally sell them to the applicants. Some local agents used to sell 50% of the questions for Rs 10 lakh and aspirants had to shell out more money to get more number of questions. The gang members preferred to share answers than questions to the applicants. “The gang gave away 100 answers, including 50 to 75 answers for questions that would appear in the genuine question paper. The applicants were told to learn them by heart and write the required ones in the exam. The racketeers used this method to avoid being caught by the law. Police may face difficulty in proving their guilt if they don’t seize question paper or 100% of the answersheets,” an officer said.