New Delhi, November 22
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Lucknow has arrested Ravi Attri and Subhash Prakash, the two masterminds of the Uttar Pradesh Police Constable Recruitment Exam Paper Leak and Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission’s (UPPSC) RO/ARO Exam Paper Leak case.
ED initiated investigation on the basis of FIRs registered by UP Police under various sections of the IPC, 1860, Uttar Pradesh Public Examination Act, 1998; and Information Technology Act, 2000 pertaining to the UP Police Constable Recruitment Exam Paper Leak and UPPSC’s RO/ARO Exam Paper Leak.
ED investigation revealed that Ravi Attri and Subhash Prakash, with the assistance of their associates, leaked question papers for the UP Police Constable Recruitment Examination 2023 and the RO/ARO Exam-2023. They generated Proceeds of Crime by providing leaked question papers to exam aspirants before the scheduled date. Arrangements were made for candidates to gather at resorts in Manesar, Haryana, and in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh. Significant credits and cash deposits were observed in the bank accounts of the accused just after the release of exam notifications and after the date of exam.
Earlier, assets including inter-alia, plots, apartments, bank accounts, and automobiles, amounting to the tune of Rs. 1.02 crores were also attached by ED Lucknow vide PAO under PMLA, 2002.
