Pune Police Arrest Two More Persons In Health Department Recruitment Exam Paper Leak Case

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Mubarak Ansari

Pune, 10th December 2021: Two more persons have been arrested by the cybercrime police station of Pune police in connection with the health department recruitment exam paper leak case. The number of arrested accused has reached 14.

The arrested persons have been identified as Namdev Vikram Karande (33) of Beed and Umesh Vasant Mohite (24) of Osmanabad district. It has also been revealed that the accused had leaked the papers before the examination conducted by the health department for Grade C and D employees. Police suspect that the accused had taken lakhs of rupees from the candidates.

The arrested persons include the alleged mastermind Mahesh Botle (53), Joint Director (Non-Technical), National Health Mission in Mumbai.

Earlier, police had arrested 11 persons in the case including Prashant Badgire (50), the Chief Administrative Officer at the Latur-based office of the Deputy Director of Public Health, and Prakash Misal, a serving Navy sailor currently posted at a Naval unit in Mumbai.

It has been concluded that the examination paper was given by Botle to Badgire through a pen drive. The soldier helped get the candidates through various competitive exam training institutes. They collected about Rs 6 lakh to 7 lakh from each candidate and about half of it was given to Botle, officials said.

The investigation is being carried out under the guidance of Commissioner of Police Amitabh Gupta, DCP (Cybercrime & EOW) Bhagyashree Navatke. Senior Police Inspector DS Hake is investigating the case.

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