Biometric alert from Lko helps cops nab youth at test centre

Ghaziabad: A youth was arrested from the Government Inter College in Nandgram on Sunday for allegedly trying to sneak into a centre for the UP Police recruitment exam using forged documents. The investigation was initiated after a biometric alert from Lucknow, which revealed that applicant Rishi Ranjan from Banka, Bihar, used fake documents.
DCP Rajesh Kumar said, "During the second shift of the exam, which was held from 3pm to 5pm, information was received via phone from the Lucknow Control Room regarding candidate Varun Thakur stating that his data did not match around 3.38pm.Subsequently, at 3.47pm, it was informed from Lucknow that the data had been verified with the commission and found to be correct. Consequently, the candidate was allowed to participate in the examination based on the declaration form."
Following the exam, senior police officers initiated an inquiry. The candidate was interrogated and his mobile phone was checked, the DCP explained. "It was found the mobile contained two Aadhaar cards: one for Rishi Ranjan with a birth date of 27.01.1996, and another for Varun Thakur with a birth date of 04.03.2004, both having the same Aadhaar number," he said.
An FIR has been lodged against the accused under the sections of 318 (4) (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 336 (3) (forgery for purpose of cheating), 340 (2) (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record) of BNS and relevant sections of the Examination Act 1982 at Nandgram police station.