Railways exam racket busted, three arrested

The arrested are 8212;-Manish Kumar, a resident of Guddapur in Jharkhand, Bikas Shaw of Rajballav Saha Lane in Howrah and Jibananda Prasad, a resident of Konnagar in Hooghly.

8220;We began our investigations after receiving complaints about the racket. We are now looking into the network in the neighbouring states,8221; said Howrah Superintendent of Police, Neeraj Singh.

Earlier, the RRB had lodged a complaint with the vigilance department and the police about the racket thriving in and around Howrah.

The police got a specific lead that the accused were staying at the Ashoka Hotel in Howrah and selling forged question papers for the examination.

Subsequently, a police team raided the hotel, arrested the accused and recovered forged question papers from them.

The trio was selling question papers to candidates appearing for Sunday8217;s examination, said a police officer. 8220;The accused have been running the racket for the last 10 years in West Bengal, Bihar and Jharkhand,8221; said a police officer. 8220;We are also probing the involvement of any railway official in the racket,8221; said an officer of the Golabari police station.